Originally Posted by
kansarasc
All the humor aside, can someone please elaborate on takeoff technique and hazards from slippery surface like ice? I do not remember reading this in Helo Flying handbook. But one of my instructor mentioned one time to me.
I have a small amount of experience from my training days (1979-1980) on a clear patch of smooth ice on a frozen pond .... make sure throttle is at low idle during startup or the clutch will engage and fuselage will do several 360's in an instant .... think of ice skates .... steel on ice is very slippery.
Getting rotor up to speed takes more time than on water because floats are a bit draggy