First of all thanks to Ned for this awesome offer. I enjoy every single one of your photos.
I'm reading this thread from the first day. I'm a PPL (H) student and my experiences are still limited, nevertheless reading all the other posts of people with decades of experience makes this thread very special and worth to visit everyday.
My most memorable moment so far was the first hovering autorotation. Before that I tried the make every touchdown as soft as possible with the intention to not bend anything and be able to reuse the aircraft afterwards.
So when the instructor told me about his plans to do some hover autos, I started to get nervous a little. I thought chances are higher that something might turn out wrong today.
After we did a couple of these, some softer and some not so soft, I was convinced that the helicopter doesn't just fall apart even after a firm touchdown.
Still prefer soft touchdowns... hope to get used to them soon!
Last edited by gazpad; 19th Nov 2018 at 10:06.
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