This is an interesting thread. I've spent a lot of my career inside Robbie's, and I don't have any big complaints but I'm always interested in new aircraft. I've been reading as much as I can but being in Canada the chance of seeing a Cabri up close are well, zero.
After reading the comparison article from the helicopter wise magazine everything except its performance seems great. The author mentioned the manufacturer's performance data was not available however an IGE Max gross hover ceiling of 5000 feet sends alarm bells ringing. I spent two years instructing at 5000 - 7000 feet in Beta II's and an aircraft with less performance than that seems like quite a challenge.
Can anyone speak to the aircraft's performance from experience? Anyone operate a Cabri at higher DA?