He had a cyclic runaway during the preflight checks - he could bench press 180 lbs and couldn't stop it. Canadian helicopters had one too, though they didn't report it. Given that, to the French "servo transparency" means that the jack may as well not be there, to me that is a very similar effect (perhaps I should have said equivalent in the previous post). There have been reports of people getting it flying at 40 kts round a fire and coming off the top of a mountain. There is no way that the 350 version is as predictable as the Gazelle's, which does it every time, right on cue.
phil