Specifications
AI Description
- Model: R44 CADET
- Condition: New
- Location: Sarasota, Florida
- Avionics: GTR225B com, GTX327 transponder with mode C, 406 ELT
- Exterior: All white with no trim
- Interior: Gray velour
- Delivery expected: Early 2025
- Note: 5% factory price increase effective January 1, 2026
- Orders before January 15, 2026, will be at last year's prices
- Contact for customization options: paint, trim, interior, and avionics
- FAA Repair Station #6FSR721B for Robinson Discount Parts & Overhauls
About this Model
Overview
The Robinson R44 Cadet is a two-seat configuration of the R44 Raven platform, built around the same basic airframe and Lycoming piston powerplant but arranged to support flight training and local missions. Compared with four-seat R44 variants, the Cadet focuses on front-seat occupancy and a simpler rear-cabin setup, aiming to keep operating complexity and cabin workload low for schools and owner-operators who primarily fly with an instructor or one passenger.
Mission Fit
The Cadet fits missions where two-seat utilization is the norm: ab-initio instruction, recurrent training, and short hops with modest payload. It retains the R44’s familiar flight characteristics and useful cruise for a piston helicopter, but the two-seat emphasis and piston powerplant make it less appropriate for consistent multi-passenger transport, demanding high-and-hot work, or utility roles that benefit from turbine power and higher external-load capability.
Cabin
Cabin experience is functional and training-oriented: excellent forward visibility from the front seats, straightforward controls, and a compact interior suited to instructor/student or pilot/passenger use. Noise and vibration levels are typical for a piston helicopter, and comfort is best viewed through the lens of short to moderate legs rather than long touring sectors.