The only thing instrument appreciation will bring under the new JAR nonesense is more fatalities. The difference bewteen wearing a silly IFR hood and flying in cloud is a million miles apart.
The Robinson R22 is not suitable for instrument flying whoever is at the controls, never mind a newly qualified PPLH.
I have flown in an r22 in cloud with an instrument rated instructor for approximately five minutes. During this time i found it extremely difficult to maintain wings level and the airspeed was racing from 0kt to 100kt this is with the comfort that i can i can give up at any time and hand over the controls. Given the real situation and this is what instrument appreciation is encouraging your stress levels would explode and you would find it extremely difficult to carry out the simplest of tasks.
My advise to anybody who inadvertanly entered cloud is to lower the lever and slow down. The dynamicly unstable helicopter is most stable in a state of autorotation and i believe the 180 degree turn would be very foolish
Maybe an instrument rated pilot could put me right.