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Hughes500
I have had a near one in a Hughes 500. End of a fuel cycle while lifting so ac very very light with a 35 knot wind. landed on a plastic trackway that was being used by vehicles to get to the lift site. Refueller starts refuelling, muggins here stretches legs out ( already done 4 hours ) . Not really concentrating as pouring a coffee out of a flask. Looked up to see ac starting to rotate to left, as one knows take feet of a 500 pedals and it will pull full left pedal ( machine was at idle ). Interesting conversation with re fueler who was trying to stop the ac rotating by using his shoulder !
You can get away with taking your feet off the pedals at idle most of the time but the margins are slim and finding out the hard way is not advisable. Take the left pedal off and turn it around so it interlocks the right one to hold it in neutral against the spring and it will stop that happening. Pretty hard to take off with it configured like that. Yes they will turn around at idle on a slick surface - in particular ice, or with a crosswind from the left or even another aircraft landing to your left.