Scout underpowered
I think I would have to take slight issue with the Scout being under-powered. I would have said it was better than most types I have flown. I flew it in Hong Kong in 1971/74 where, if my memory serves me, the highest landing was just at over three thousand feet. The summer temperatures were in the thirties and we loaded it to the limit with Ghurkas and radios and flew them into some very tight spots and I never quite ran out of power.
I graduated to the Scout from the Bell 47 Sioux, the Hiller 12B/C and the Saro Skeeter. Now that was underpowered - on a bad day, trying to get airborne from a road on the side of a hill with a large passenger, I couldn't even extend the oleos fully.