Originally Posted by
Robbiee
If the pilot does absolutely nothing with the cyclic upon encountering a right roll in low-g, will the mast still bump?
The right roll is often described as a snap roll and is extremely quick at around 100 degrees per second. It’s quite instinctive to try to counteract this and difficult not to make some control input to the unconventional T bar cyclic when you’ve been turned on your side at that rate without warning. I’ve spoken to people who’ve had it demonstrated to them numerous times when it used to be in the training syllabus (late 80’s early 90’s). One of the most respected UK Robinson instructors left to demonstrate low G with a student and sadly had a fatal accident (the training notes said as much and this was detailed in the investigation). Later Robinson decided it wasn’t safe to demonstrate and removed it from the training syllabus.