Thanks RW, not trying to reinvent the wheel sometimes makes life easier!
GP, it's the same techique I use when heavy, by moving forward till the blades are over the sea and skids just inside the deck. The wind does make a huge difference!
Company policy dictates 85% IGE max to ensure enough power in hand to be able to get to 15-20 feet vertical, before rotating. But some of the SP's just can't do it from 85%, without a lot of praying, nursing and swearing in the same breath.
Thanks for the input!
Anything said on approach angles somewhere?
Especially taking into consideration wind / no wind, heavy / light load, turbulence and cross wind landings (especially wind from the right side) with the Bell 412's?
