Taint,. .. .Can't say I haven't had similar thoughts, but. .when we discussed this before, can't remember when but we did;. .. .Let's say you are slow on the collective, the thing as I see it though is that as soon as you begin lowering the lever, you begin the reverse trend in rotor NR droop.. .. .Now you are in the climb, Well ... I don't think you really can get going up so quickly that ... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="confused.gif" /> . .well I think CaptainCrack said it nicely:. .. . </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> That all assumes that you are climbing with an IAS of 60knots as per the flight manual. Hopefully though, you would end up with a sustainable Nr, with albeit a very low IAS. Providing you have some of that altitude stuff you should get down safely. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" />