Originally Posted by
Misformonkey
https://youtu.be/2On58NfaSXg
is that a normal take-off technique to reverse whilst climbing out? I would have expected a normal tower type ascent to the transition to forward flight. I’m from an rotary wing background but haven’t seen this before.
This is a standard technique in commercial ops. You drift up and back keeping sight of the landing site so that if you have an engine failure on transition you can drift down to the site. Especially relevant in oil rig operations.