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Depends on what you mean by utility. For powerline it's the 500, no question. The H 125 is a nice aircraft for a lot of things, It Has a great power to weight ratio a reliable engine and good maintenance schedule, but I never thought it was very utility focused. It also has Poor visibility for external loads, and its design sacrifices crash survivability to give rear seat passengers a better view. Also, if you operate it in a dusty environment you'll have avionics issues, operate it with the doors off and you'll have seatbelt issues. My .02