Originally Posted by
Squeaks
I'm also a tad confused as my recollection of the H500 is that the throttle wide open sets the gas turbine into the fuel controlled 'zone', and a throttle rolling off would very soon become apparent.
Did you mean the piston powered Hughes/Schweizer 300?
Nope, MD500C turbine model.
I was just cruising along, looked at the tach, and saw the rpm was low. I rolled it back up, which caused the nose to yaw, waking up the instructor, who then said to me, "I don't know why you Robby pilots are always rolling the throttle down" To which I replied, "I wasn't even touching it".