Backwards auto-rotation?
I thought I'd get a few experienced suggestions about the use of a backwards auto-rotation in an aerodynamic sense.
With a normal auto you have to flare the helicopter to build up a pocket of air that you can ride the way down. I was surpised that while being shown a backwards auto that the flare was extended to the point where you were actually going backwards until the site picture you wanted came into view.
Is it me, or would this extended flare dissipate the pocket of air that should be kept under the rotors? Has anyone else had experience with this type of auto?