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Old 1st Feb 2022, 06:36
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Originally Posted by gipsymagpie
Not really, you just do an autorotation to an EOL (iaw PCL)

You could do a fast running landing, but with skids it would be a different ball game to the wheeled AS365. The sim suggests you could get away with it but I wouldn't want to try for real.
Heard an Eurocopter pilot did it on a Runway some 20 years ago without issues. Aircraft was not even damaged and is flying again. (Just needed some new skid shoes I guess :-) ) (Don’t know if he did an AR or running landing…)
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