Evolution would be my choice. Reason being I could build it (with a great deal of supervision) and get the repairman certificate - saving a ton on maintenance costs.
Try single nav cross tuning an old CDI to identify an intersection hold in a Huey sometime if you want some real giggles. Looking back I don't know how I ever did it - way too much work though that's for sure.
I feel absolutely the opposite. The Japanese were far from pleasant to deal with back then. I would always prefer dying a free man to dying in a prison.
Not finding water in the fuel anymore is a pretty good outcome for me. Although I'm not ready to put on a lab coat and walk around with a clipboard just yet either.