Originally Posted by
John Eacott
I'm intrigued at your rationale to justify such a teaching? There is no way that I'd have held the hover and gently lowered the collective following my loss of tail rotor in a high hover, at night, in my BK117. I'd have been in a world of hurt: instant dumping of the collective and a spread set of crosstubes gave a minimal rotation on the deck.
If I'd made contact with a higher rate of rotation then a roll over would have been almost guaranteed.
Apologies for the thread drift.
Hi John, this techniques is described in out flight manual and the FSTD with OEM Data pack is sympathetic to such handling. I am not suggesting this could work from anything but an IGE hover. The technique reduces the chances of a rollover but needs practice and patience to overcome the Startle reaction. It works when done correctly.
Where my interest lies, is I have not given much consideration to an abrupt loss of anti-torque during the later stages of a VTOL departure. I am keen to learn from others who may have some ideas on the most favourable technique. My feeling is that a rapid throttle chop and attempted AUTO from 120-200 feet and zero IAS may not be the obvious answer.