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Old 3rd Dec 2011, 16:19
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eivissa
 
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Yes I do fly it commercially and the R44 is actually cheap to run, reliable (except for the aux fuel pump on the Raven II, that seems to be sorted now), powerful and nice to fly.

Its also plain ugly and every time I jump in it after flying the AS355 I dont feel like sitting in a real helicopter.

The upsides outweigh the downsides though.

This Robinson discussion will never end. Someone is allways saying its a toy and the other one arguing that it is very cost effective and reliable.

I for my part dont like the R22 and dont see a market for the R66 with so many cheap B206 available.
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