I have seen photographic proof that what counts is what you do at the top of the auto....yes , I agree with R22Driver that you may "bin the heli into the floor" at the bottom but screw it up at the top and you die , screw it up at the bottom and you can still walk away. There are still bits of a 206 sitting near Mt Wilhelm in PNG that bear testimony to a successful engine out entry and approach to a razor back ridge with a lousy touchdown. The machine became a piece of survival equipment but we all walked away.
I loved doing full on autos in training (not power recovery) in single engine helicopters. Good fun. In twins , we stopped doing it back in the 80's but we still do power recovery autos. Important for the entry , the procedures on the way down....then......
Fly safe (and enjoy) ..Peter
