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Old 22nd Jan 2001, 10:30
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offshoreigor
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RE: Recovery.

It doesn't matter what type you fly, the only difference will be the intensity of the VRS.

The most effective way to recover is to reduce power, depending on the severity of the situation, up to autorotation. What this does is it reduces the intensity of the Vortex and re-establishes cyclic effectiveness allowing you to increase your airspeed above translational speed and thus leave the vortex behind the disc rather than back up through it.

Having said all this, hopefully you had enough altitude in the first place to recover! It's not the fall that will kill you, it's the sudden stop at the bottom.

Cheers, OffshoreIgor