TC,
I can only assume that it IS the squidgy thing in the middle as you put it, so I can only assume that perhaps the R22 is more difficult to control or less forgiving than other machines?
But surely if it was a problem with the equipment, this would have been corrected years ago.
Honestly I'm not sticking up for Frank but he really gets a bad press.
It goes without saying that there are more Robinson accidents as there are more of them flying.
Just because a Ford has more crashes than a Bugatti, you can't say you shouldn't drive a Ford!