NJK, just some further food for thought. If you are thinking of trying this DONT without a good instructor sat next to you and DONT unless you have a lot of height above the ground before recover.
In zero speed auto, if you stuff the cyclic forward to get airspeed you may put the "pitched blades" in VRS before they can alter the attitude to gain airspeed and the situation will get nasty very quickly. You will enter the realms of the TP in a heartbeat.
In my opinion there is no real practical application for a zero speed auto. Better to look at an auto with minimum airspeed such as 40 KIAS, type dependant.
Better still, follow the instructions in your FM. They are there for a reason. They have been proven by the TP. If there is no procedure for a minimum speed auto in the FM THERE IS NO PROCEDURE, regardless of what others might tell you! Plan your flight path around the guidelines in your FM. Practice the procedures in your FM (with an instructor as required) and you should be OK.
One more issue. If you are hovering at height, zero airspeed and your single engine fails, you would immediately lower the lever and "push" cyclic for airspeed at the same time so a zero speed autorotation does not have time to develop, thus avoiding these nasty flight conditions.
Last edited by DOUBLE BOGEY; 19th Mar 2017 at 11:42.