@ Sam Rutherford
No, my piloting has been confined to models(from when I was old enough to fold paper.
Driving since 1963 including,solo m/c , sidecar, 3-wheeler and everything up to a 7.5 ton truck. mobile engineer for medical equipment, 70,000 in less than 2 years!....own repair garage for ~15 years....so, a fair bit of driving experience and a lot of hands-on mechanical experience.
I'm sure I'd love flying in a demonstrated safe, low risk, forgiving helicopter. Unfortunately, the Robinson does not measure up to my personal acceptability levels......by the way, did you research the history of the pretty little Rotorway?
Skodas has a swing-axle rear-end which could make handling "interesting" They are now a Volkswagen in a plain dress. Indeed, a good, solid reliable car.
Tank-bladders and Blade changes are hardly "old news" I would accept the product if the manufacturer had done a recall and replaced the DEFECTIVE components at it's own expense.....Screwing the captive -customer for the obscene sums involved , says a lot to me about the ethics and morality of the company. an outright con, the customer is still a test-pilot.
Finally, not enough disposable income, coupled with the red tape,drag across country to the nearest airfield (Barton, now grandly called "Manchester Barton") means I get a better bang for my buck in other ways.
Yes, I am interested in SSDR as a cost-effective way to become airborne. I came to the Forum Via the Blog "Cockpit Conversation" through a R/C model heli forum....liked the banter and the level of intellect, the stimulus....so i've stayed for a bit.