Autorotation Help?
hello fellow heads! I am a flyspeck on the window of becoming a licensed helicopter pilot in the USA. Honestly, im 35 hours into my private rating and everything is going well except for ONE thing. I cant get over the rush of the ground when i am trying to do autos with my instructor. I dont know if its just nerves, fasination, fixation on the ground rushing or what, but im having a dog of a time doing ALLL the movements right... i enter well, establish a good glide and speed. But she says the closer i get to the ground she feels me nudging the collective too early, and while im doing that im not initialting the flare as fast as i can, either taht or im aft cyclicing the hell out of the flare and i balloon. I have done everything else to her satisfaction, including hover autos, quickstop, swp, max t/o and steep. havent done night or pinacle yet but still have enmough time to do that before i hit 40 hours... my goal is to be proficient enough to test out at 50 or less. Its almost a necessity since i have financed this myself and thas all the cash left LOL .... anyone give me any pearls to follow or had a similar prob with the autos, advice would be greatly appreciated ! Brian... Massachusetts USA