the notion was floated that a pilot could NOT takeoff in an AS350B3/2B helicopter with the governor in the MANUAL mode
That was what I erroneously said in the thread, 17 years retired does things to the memory, I would assume the 350 would be the same as the Huey, memory now recalls we did manual throttle circuits, procedure was to roll the throttle to idle while on the ground, as N1 approached idle flip the switch from GOV to MANUAL, wind up to flight RPM with throttle and proceed with circuit, 212 & 412 same same but only one engine in MANUAL.