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by kart23 2160 days ago
The operating cost per hour of an r44, according to some quick googling, is $190. The cost after ownership is too high, and probably the reason that everyone still has cars instead of helicopters in their garage. Reliability and maintenance will be the most important thing here and will determine their success. And that's notoriously tough in the aviation market.

https://www.aneclecticmind.com/2010/12/28/the-real-cost-of-h...