Anyone with a good guess of the real world lifting capacity (external) of the 505? I've never lifted anything with a Jetranger/ Longranger. Years with 350 (except an ancient B), some with 500D/E and a bit with a 205...
I guess 350 is still gonna be hard to beat in terms of price vs. capacity. But there's jobs you don't need to lift a ton. Many times loads can be adjusted to the capacity of the helicopter if the price is right. Bell only says in their brochures payload is 680kg+. Is that internal, external or both?
Just generally interested if 505 could be usable as an external load machine, that's all.
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