Shawn, I have to admit that I'm a little confused with your responses. The question was about tandem rotor configuration, and you exclusively talked about augmented modes of flight. The right AFCS in any machine can reduce the workload down to what you're mentioning.
In the flight test community, is it the norm to ignore the limitations of a configuration if a computer can compensate?
I hear you on the two vs three wheel taxiing of the H46. Last trip down memory lane this summer in Trenton when we say good bye to the last of the labs.
Matthew.