Dumping skydivers from a helicopter
Forgive a dumb question from someone who knows next to nothing about helicopters.
I have been watching a medium size military helicopter (possibly an Aerospatiale SA.330L Puma) dropping skydivers from a rear ramp, from perhaps 2,000'. I see that before dropping, it goes into a hover, facing into the wind, with little or no forward movement. Is there a reason that it isn't done on the run? I can imagine that the military would like to minimise the exposure of the machine, so I might expect them to practice deploying their jumpers at speed. Is it perhaps something to do with risk to (and from) the tail rotor ?
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