Originally Posted by
GoFenestron
Need an outside opinion. Hope you could give me your opinion about the following.
I am hooked on the fenestron tail rotor and others seem to be old fashioned.
Buying a second hand EC120 would be great but power is a problem.
That leaves me with the EC130 who has the power but cabin is a bit big.
What I would like to do with her leaves me with questions about if she will do the job? - What I first need to ask is if the EC130 is easy to handle, when doing crop spraying? At 3000ft.max 20 degree temp. What spray system for the EC130?
- The rest of the time will be for my individual use,flying to meetings alone, or with 1 or 2 employees. 3000-6000ft 2 hours trip non stop.
- When flying alone I heard that above 100knots she willbe shaking me to frustration. What year models could have this problem or all of them?
- Then the last job will be to fly my family of 5 (meincluded), total weight of 350kg. With baggage max total of about430kg. 3000-6000ft. Max 33 degrees mid day also minimum 2 hours.
Will I find my ideal helicopter?
The AS350 will be ideal but has no fenestron. The EC120 is great but lack power. When will Airbus allow an AS350 engine in the EC120?
Then there is the Gazelle SA341 to do the above? Parts could become a problem?
A lot of questions and clearly I am not sure what the best should be.....
Thanks
130 is the 350 with fenestron.
Be sure never get a B4.
If you wonder the ride, T2 is the smooth ride version of b3.