Originally Posted by
Non-PC Plod
For sure, you can move the ECLs manually - they have a mechanical link. I am having trouble understanding the "couldnt stop it with full down collective" description. Surely, if the collective is full down, there is more or less zero pitch - how can the helicopter not descend in this condition?? It kind of sounds like the crew were reducing engine power by cycling the mode switches instead of by retarding the ECLs....
I couldn’t reconcile the lowering of collective with the high side failure, either. I suspect there is a lot more to emerge.