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Old 3rd Sep 2021, 07:55
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skadi
 
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Originally Posted by Reely340
Hmm, at 1:00 he was about one and a half MR diameter above ground and the evil yaw only started ever so slowly.

How about: "Staying put" instead of pulling collective and flying away?
e.g. descending at same rate and waiting for ground effect to enable one to further back off collective, thereby reducing anti-torque needs?

I guess simply continuing to land would have save it. Is that an unrealistic assumption of me?

Exactly my thoughts!

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