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Old 28th March 2006 | 19:47
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DBChopper
 
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I agree....much rather have a small crash or maybe not , from 5 foot than possibility of massive pile up !!!!
And wouldn't we all, in Theoryland. But in Realworld, how many of us lowtimers, with a spinning helicopter a few feet above the ground, are going to have the extra brain capacity to be pulling collective, pumping collective, twisting throttle (the right way) and shouting b s at the same time?

Not me I'm 'fraid! I'd love to think I'd handle it like a pro', and I can get my head around the theory, but realistically I think I would probably pull some collective to get me away from the hard stuff and, as Moosp suggests, fly it away if I can so that my spinning brain has time to realign itself and decide on a plan of action.

The best solution? Probably not. But the more likely? Yep!
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