Types of helicopters

Light Piston-engined types are helicopters like Enstrom, Schweizer 300 or Robinson that have 2 to 3 seats, are cheap in price and maintenance and can provide the speed of flying at 80-110mph. A private helicopter pilot will normally start feeling soon they outgrew by this type because of its limited number of seats and actual load restrictions. These types of helicopter are considered as low-reliability class, which makes them less fitting to be used as corporate and charter aircraft. Anyway, these machines still remain very popular for the purposes of training as well as for private use. This type of helicopters is excellent for grtting introduced to flying helicopter so student would feel what it is to fly a helicopter.

Light turbine helicopters are helicopters such as the Eurocopter Squirrel, McDonnell Douglas 500E or the Bell (Agusta-Bell) Jet Ranger, and they are widely liked by both commercial and private pilots across the world.

The modern twin engined helicopters are all turbine driven machines that are considered expensive in price, but which instead let pilot enjoy a faster and much safer performance of the machine during the flight.