R U strong enuff?
I find it interesting that in most organisations we concentrate on two aspects of a hydraulic failure, immediate actions and the landing.
Certainly the control forces on the AS350B3 are heavy and they are no better, and probably worse, on the EC120. I wonder how many of us would handle a hydraulic emergency say some 60 + miles out to sea with no option but a return to land. I fear that many of us would be absolutely knackered by the time we were ‘feet dry’ that the landing might be rather exciting and that some of us might not even make it; either running out of fuel because they flew so slowly (with less force required on the controls) or just running out of stamina trying to keep the aircraft in a higher speed range.
Does anyone have any experience of a practice, or a real, hydraulic failure in one of these types that lasted for more than just a few minutes? How did you do?