Originally Posted by
Devil 49
The aircraft comes down quicker and one has less energy to deal with it than you're accustomed to.
This reminds me of a conversation I was having the other day about practice autos and aircraft weights. How many of us spend the day at max. gross weight (minus fuel burn) but train for autos with a nice light empty helicopter (two pilots, half fuel).
Anyone out there regularly load the aircraft up with sandbags to make for more realistic training?