Whatever happened to...
...the good old rule to hover at 3-5 feet and that of lifting the ship off the ground only after careful "balancing" with cyclic and pedals during a sloooow rise of the collective? People are in such a hurry to get the skids off the ground these days.
Every day I fly I see R22s and R44s hovering out to the landing pad at 10 meters. How hard will they hit the ground when the pistons start jumping?
I prefer a steady hover at a meter or less - it kind of feels safer...