How power limited are you compared to a 407?  What's your MGW and useful load after medcrew and fuel?  How many gal are you at at base?  

Seems to me the 407 can stay full tank and still take a 300+ patient (on the pad).  The 130 can only keep 90-100 gal (out of 140 possible) and then can only typically take a 200-230ish patient on the pad.  I've heard the 135 has issue.  145 has no issues.  

Just curious how a little pedal-car like the 206 fares in this world.

can almost do what a 407 does but it's a little more work and slower. if you ain't going too far, the L4 works just fine. no fatties, though.

vs C47 ,Composite M/R Head & Blades, CF Tailboom, MTO & Hotter/Higher Alt.performance. We had an L-4 would climb amazing but dog cruise compared to similar configured L-3

The L4 is a beast compared to the L1,2, and 3.  Our BOW is just under 3,000, and with 500lbs fuel, 600lbs heavy crew, we can still haul a 330lb pt without pulling more than 92% tq.  It's not fast or pretty, but the L4 is a very reliable workhorse, too bad Bell has stopped production.

Never heard of L-II??

L C20, L-I C28, L-III C30P lower Max Fuel setting vs L-IV C30P

There was something called a "LongRanger II" but it was really just a 206L-1 (the one with the C-28). Bell knew they screwed up the branding, so the next model was simply called the 206L-III.  And when Bell turned up the horsepower of the C30P and upped the MGW to 4450, they called that model the L-IV.  You can upgrade the L-1 with mo' powa, baby!  PHI stuck a C30P in the L-1 and called it a 206L*3.  And on and on...

is lighter basic empty weight, but same max gross weight as a L-III, so 'mo bettah' for Utility

L-IVs are cheaper to buy, slower to fly, great in the high country with the big T/R.

There was at one time a 206BII.  It was a flop and discontinued. 

yeah that 206b2. what a flop

It was a prototype and never made it to production.

Well first the thread was about 206L4 and it wandered some but never got away from from LONG Rangers.

Now you post "There was at one time a 206BII.  It was a flop and discontinued. " and that was a untrue statement too.  The " 206BII" was the same 206B (400 horsepower C20) with a new more compact panel.  It worked well and all till the put a C20B or J (420 HP)and called it Macaroni... no they called it a 206BIII

They also made a few 206BII with a C20R 450 horsepower, still a 206BIII

Back to Long Rangers the L4 has higher temperature limits and that gives to performance figures a boost over a L3. Minor other improvements too.

they stopped production.  There's a reason they did and it's because the L4 is underperforming in its class.

Are their primary aircraft B4s or B3s?