Cattletruck, ever heard of extending upwind?
Roger that AC. Remember I was still new to this rotary caper, and after the first circuit I realised I should be putting along at 700' upwind describing a true circuit while all too aware of the many bad habits of my fixed wing brethren sharing the same circuit area.
My thinking at the time with turning steeply onto base with all that air flowing underneath that it was no different to an auto, also there was no desire to hold ALT, fortunately the RRPM on a very sympathetic H300 hack didn't show any overspeed. They really are great machines, flew one early this year again just for fun and loved it.