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He has some good advise and some "old" advise as in news.
Yes there are a lot of problems with the "Rotorway'
However - they are not surprises anymore.
Secondary shaft replace B4 200 hour mark
Thats the biggy
Main rotor shaft has to be replaced with 1.75 as there are no parts for the 1.5 inch..
Engines.....lots of problems, lots of evolution here,
...Mostly valve wear as in valve keepers jumping out.!
YIPES !

Hope you payed atn. in auto rotation school !!!LOL
The 162f has a an other crop along with the these..
Wiring sucks
NOW
Do want a so called REAL helicopter>??
Good.
R22? Schweitzer, or Hiller ?? Or?
OK fine, but, we all can not afford the required maintenance for these.
$20,000 to $50,000 for a set of blades instead of $6,000 (is enough to stop most of us and consider all the ADs on factory expensive stuff)
3000 to infinity for a new engine of your choice in Rotorway
In a real helicopter you will install the required power plant.
Say expensive !
If you want "real" convert a rotorway to a Kiss turbine.
Set you back I think 40,000.about as real as one can get!
I neither want or desire to convert someones thinking as to what to get into.....we all have our limitations.
Rotorway has a bunch of "known" problems and MORE built in problems from less then experienced builders.
But with a little study the caveats can be worked out.