RVDT - that extract for the report looks like someone trying to get funding for a new training helicopter by trashing the reputation of the old one.
It glosses over the words 'high gross weight' and implies the aircraft is unfit for purpose because of the control loads hyd out.
We all know that very little basic training is done at high AUM.
However that information does gel with what I was told in the late 90s - that the Aussies wanted rid of the 350 in that role.
Maybe they should have stuck to cheating at cricket..........
