I trained in a kit heli in the UK and got my licence but......
it cost my instructor dearly!
I then discovered that in South Africa their CAA had approved the latest version of the Rotorway Talon, with many good upgrades including a supercharged engine. Went to Capetown and did ten hours to get typed on it as there, with a non-type certification I could hire and train on such a machine. Hoping to persue this new (only five years old) design in the UK I find that, like the R66, it has been built here years ago but is not yet CAA approved. No wonder light helis, gyros and fixed wing developments are done everywhere in the world barring the UK. This could, and should change and if the UK PRA refuse to touch helis, we could and should organise ourselves to overcome the leglislative obstacles. I would work hard to support this.