thanks for the info and stats Chalmondleigh, made interesting reading. I think the G2 would have benefited with a right turning motor as Reely340 said, I think it could have had a slightly larger fan to help with fan stalls as well but that said, if this machine had been around when I started to learn to fly then I probably would have picked the G2 over the R22.
I am just finishing a type rating on the R44 before moving on to a turbine, but did have 90 minutes in a R22 for old times, skittish comes to mind, when I learnt the R22 didn't come with a governor, which meant is was very easy to lose RRPM if you were not 100% on it.