Thanks for all the help and hey re: the pranging a Cessna, etc. I hear you. Like I tried to suggest in my original post, I wasn't trying to turn things into a p155ing contest but just thought asking a bunch of experienced pilots a view was as useful use of a forum as any?
This however was less a fixed v helicopter but more a decision on which helicopter. Like I'd said the initial view seemed the R22/44 screened poorly, unless I'd missed something. Happy to be educated if there is an alternative view.
Moving beyond the PPL do SW300 / Guimbal offer any benefit - thinking that both are 2 seaters and ease of moving beyond..
Cheers.