Originally Posted by
DOUBLE BOGEY
I hesitate to say this, but if it is a TR Drive/Low power Hard over, he seems to take a long time to react. Many rotations under near hover power before the descent takes place.
This has been bothering me also. I have not flown helicopters for years, and the old things that I used to flap around in did not have such luxuries as an auto pilot, in fact I thought it was the latest thing when one of them had electric cyclic trim.
But it has been posted by people that should know that the A/P would probably be engaged, at least in attitude mode. The way that thing spun around it is almost like it was being driven. Surely, such an experienced pilot would have had the collective down long before the spin developed to the extent shown on the video. Is it possible that this is related to switching the A/P to full authority, or whatever the change is called, as he started to transition?