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Old 22nd February 2001 | 14:08
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noaltitude
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I have been holding back as I thought this may have been mentioned before but so far I haven't seen mention of this so I thought I might add my 2 cents. I have been shown a recovery from a low speed high power JAMMED pedal event. As the aircraft starts to rapidly rotate cyclic can be aplied toward a constant heading ie "stir" the cyclic in the opposite direction of aircraft rotation. It allows you to gain airspeed in a constant direction and lower power post translation to a point where the aircraft will once again fly in something close to balance.

Interestingly enough the instructor who demonstrated this tecnique subsequently experienced a loss of tail rotor and tail rotor gearbox in the hover and landed without rolling into a ball.
 
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