Just a reply to "who flyes at 54 knots". I hope you guys plan to work with the helicopter, not just helipad to helipad nonsence.
I did some contract work, actually working with 120 doing power line inspetcions and laser terrain scanning all around 50 knots. Normally I returned with 3:45 on the counter and 25-30 kg in the tank.
On the other hand I would never do the rough maneuvering that I do for power line inspections on a seesaw rotor; in my eyes 120 for actual work, beats the 66 hands down.
If you know what you are doing, running out of pedal on 120 is a very seldom occurance, except during laser scanning, doing pedal turns at 50 knots... I can't see how 66 would cope with that, but looking at the numbers it does that at 100 knots, pulling a suspended santaclaus with sleigh in addition.
Last edited by Phoinix; 22nd Jun 2012 at 07:21.