Describe (if I have time) the fun one has in pulling pitch in a H-60....
It's been quite a while, but the impression from flying the UH-60A was that this was exactly the machine one would want to be in if going in harm's way. Robust, solid and proof that performance is more important than excellent handling qualities, it did win me over quite convincingly.
it literally begged to be thrown around - (not that I've known any women like this in my sheltered life) - sort of - hit me, throw me around, I love it.
Takeoff was always right wheel first, then left wheel, and that would then be accompanied by some dancing on the tailwheel. With all the magic in the AFCS working, it was pretty straightforward- but hovering at light weight was always at a pronounced nose up, left wing low attitude. From a hover, at light weight, you could pull and pull and pull up on the collective and be passing 1,000' AGL before you got to 100% torque. Rate of climb at light weight and sea level was close to 4,000 fpm if my memory fails me.
The canted tail rotor only became a bit of an issue if you looked for it in rapid yaw rates, but it was generally easily compensated for.
Hope that whets some appetites....