I fly a rigid rotor type, single pilot and find that at some stage during the day I will have to let go of the cyclic (I still can't write left handed). I agree this is best done at ground idle and at first it seemed completely alien having come from a two pilot operation with a large helicopter and flapping head. We have a cyclic "clamp" but I rarely use it as I prefer to have some control even if that means grabbing the stick quickly - landing on a ship for example.