There is an old saying that one should never fly the A model of any helicopter, the inference being that there are kinks to be worked out. 'Kinks' is a euphemism for 'unexpected component failure'. The Bell 222 had a kink in the form of the engine self destructing and in the process of disassembling itself would sometimes manage to take out the second engine sitting next to it.
The photo above is the A model of the Bell 429, which I flew last week. But just for 15 minutes, so I felt statistically safe. Very nice avionics suite, excellent engine power, roomy cabin.
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