Originally Posted by Bravo73
Mjb,
Poor viz (say <5km) is very different to NO viz (IMC).
But essentially (if the flight is to be legal AND safe), no.
B73
I think thats a good point. Helicopters can already operate in very poor conditions. In class F and G airspace it's clear of cloud, in sight of the surface, and with no minimum visibility as long as you're travelling at an appropriate speed. If that, in the R44 News scenario given above, doesn't allow you to fly a few miles away to better conditions, surely it's time to stay on the ground? Essentially you're flying in low cloud, making it full IMC, not some 'just NEAR IMC for a little bit'... have an autopilot failure or any other problem whilst in that, combined with the R22 / R44's inherent lack of stability, and you have a fairly high chance of going down. Is that something which you really think should be made legal?