Originally Posted by
gulliBell
No, it's just suckering in people who don't have the skills or recency to give it a go, and when they give it a go and it turns out to be too dark the situation ends up exceeding their capability. If it's that dark that you need to cross reference to instruments it's too dark to be flying a helicopter that requires you to be able to see the ground to maintain orientation.
That's not right. It's often right after takeoff where disorientation can set in and create a problem where there does not need to be one.
Using instruments while you gain height, in order to better achieve a visual reference, can be useful and it is how we were taught, along with avoiding an early turn-out on takeoff.
Get settled and get your perspective sorted, a basic scan can only help with that.
People that want to fly in IFR conditions aren't put off or encouraged by what tools they do or don't have.