BellFest,
Why is that brave when the proceudre is covered in the companys approved oeprating manual? Like BM said, ever been somewhere hunderds of KM from nowhere, where shutting down the helicopter wasnt the smartest idea. I can come up with a lot of reason why not to do it.
And I agree helicopters do not fly away by themselves. I find it hard to believe at ground idle, with frictions locked a machine will get off the ground.
rb