as355f1 you sound more qualified to comment than me as I ve never flown the squirrel and guess I m not likely to in the near future
but...
Are there any helicopters where the main rotor head is at the same level as the tail rotor?
In my limited experience all helicopters tend to hover with one skid low - or is that just my flying?
I always thought the stringer wa the part which stopped me dinging the tail rotor - what is it on the squirrel?
And surely one of the bonuses of helicopters is you don't need to 'run on' during 'normal ops'?
PW
PS - got a headache so please don't shout!