Flight Safety,
I am a reasonably low time Heli pilot covering the range from R22,R44 and B206, here in the UK in order for you to get your Licence you must be able to demonstrate to the Flight Examiner that you are fully capable of enterings and controling autorotaion and to land from that Auto,as opposed to your comment that some knowledge of Auto is taught, however it seems that because of the complexity of simulating T/R failure the only thing that is covered during civillian training is the Cfi jamming the control's so you get some feel of what is going to be the problem of directional control as speed decays, you soon realise that engine speed is the solution to keeping straight, but in the main we civvie pilots are not able to do much more than ask, read and talk to very experianced pilots about the problem of tail rotor failure.
Being interested in this from a selfish , safety of my backside point of view, I would ask that "Ancient Pelican or Nick Lappos" PLEASE give us the benifit of their huge experience in this area (T/R Failure) so some of us less experienced pilots could benifit from their knowledge , possible AP has more than anyone , as this thread has ben told of the total loss of his TR, and he is still posting here, that indicates his ability to comment with authority.
My Regards