I do so love "Cook Book " Pilots....who must lead a very sheltered existence. (Not referring to Gordy of course!)
Flying, On some aircraft I found applying some pressure to the cyclic in the direction you wanted it to move and then letting the feedback pulses to move it for you to be far easier than making like Popeye after a Can of Spinach or Charles Atlas.
The 206, 205 (single hydraulics), 58T and others generally liked that method.
The 58T's Collective used to make me feel like I was carrying the aircraft around in my left hand!
A flying Buddy and I in Tactical Training in a UH-1D had a hydraulics failure and flew the thing back to Home Plate.....the Cyclic was a bit stiff but manageable but the Collective was very...very...very easy up.....and a bugger bear to move down even with two of us grunting and straining against the seatbelts.
In a 206 in Iran.....at a Bush site....had a Collective freeze tighter than the Black Sardine's purse clasp. Fortunately it was at a power setting that allowed for a very slow speed run on landing at the normal parking spot.
I did. have one hydraulic fed cockpit fire in a Chinook that was a bit sporty.