Originally Posted by
nellycopter
i was taught - if you enter the crap and you cannot see - Go up for a think and ask for help .... NEVER go down for a look ...
I was always taught: "If you enter the crap and you cannot see, do a 180 and go back to the clear weather you from which you just came"
While going up is wise from an obstacle point of view, VFR helicopter pilots don't usually fair well in this situation. Logically, said VFR pilot would have most likely had some form of vis before entering the crap.
Obviously if the weather has closed in all around by that point, then go for the known outcome and land in that big ol' field you see below you. If you can't do any of that, then you shouldn't have gotten airborne in the first place.
Just my two cents.