Hey 3Top,
I enjoyed your last post <img src="smile.gif" border="0">
I may in the future become comfortable doing sideways flight in conjunction with specific job's (and sideways quick stop's as well) my conservative nature though tells me I have a long way to go before that however hehe...
I'm looking forward to the day I do go with a robbie test pilot/CFI at factory school, just to see it flown on the edge by someone used to it <img src="smile.gif" border="0">
But .. I have to disagree with your description of the Low Nr recovery in the robbie. (difference in training likely, not a dispute as to what is correct, read on ...)
You roll on throttle and lower collective at the same time, one (supposedly) as one fluid motion. Even FR in the SFAR safety video will point out, that both are needed (IHO), and that is how I have been taught.
I am aware of the correlator rigging, and you do have to be careful when lowering at high alt (mentioned in the POH) but for most circumstances, I am told (as I'm at sea Level), the important thing is to get that RPM back, hence both.
Of course, if I am doing both in that motion I describe, I may not be exceeding the limits as throttle ends up leading me on the collective... (The beauty of differing methods of instruction, isn't it great?
What do our other robbie rotorheads have to say?)
T-N,
I have to keep it a secret at this time, but perhaps by end of 2002 I may be able to talk more about a retro fit of a small gas turbine powered R-22(Experimental) Now how's that for once, overpowered!