Poor Steve. Such a ballsy racer, who held the fastest lap of the TT course for so long.
Once again the combination of the world's most demanding machine in the hands of the inexperienced has bitten.
The AAIB's words sum up my view of this horrid helicopter:
Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 27.143 concerning pilot reaction times states that:
'No corrective action time delay for any condition following power failure may be less
than - For the cruise condition, one second, or normal pilot reaction time (whichever is
greater); and for any other condition normal pilot reaction time.
It is therefore questionable that pilots, particularly of relatively low experience, should be expected
to consistently and reliably react within, what appears to be, an unrealistic timescale.