Originally Posted by
lelebebbel
I don't have a lot to contribute other than anecdotes of my experience: an inadvertent left pedal stomp by the student on a simulated power loss in an R44 and R22 does put the machines into an absolutely hair-raising flight state, as you said. It happened to me once in each, during about 10 years of instructing on and off, and in both cases the attitude deviation and rotor RPM loss (mid to low 80s) was what I as a non test pilot would call "extreme". Despite my immediate intervention.
I fly only S300C so pls forgive my lack of Robbie knowledge, but I am curious about that hair-rising flight state mentioned above.
I'd guess : fast yaw to the left due to lack of torque to counter and increased decay of RNR caused by diverting the remaining rotational inertia of the MR to the tail rotor.
Hence: immediate spatial disorientation combined with RNR needle dropping fast, correct?