Originally Posted by puntosaurus
I sat in on a great demo once in a Schweizer of how to get the ship down from the cruise with a stuck collective. Basically, put it into a tight spiral over your chosen spot until you're as low as you dare, then level her out and stir the cyclic like crazy until she settles. I nearly died laughing, but it works.
How about rolling of throttle, does the trick a lot better. (Not completely of course, lower red line)