For those of us who have never got ourselves in this mess this video is very educational.. I have a question. It's clear she was ticking all the boxes to induce this event... low AIS, wind from left, high hover at >1000kgAUW ( and gossiping
) But can someone tell me on initial occurence of the spin, had she put in the correct reactions what would be the recovery altitude /space required? 100-200ft? - if she had pushed forward and lowered collective immediately..?
Watching the video and noting the direction of the skids in the final dive for recovery it seems that the real recovery is initiated at circa 300ft. Prior to that there is a lot of up/down of collective (horn tells us that). It almost seems the initial reaction of the pilot was to pull up on the collective once the spin started which may have even accelerated the spin.... Surely a quick push forward and down with collective would have made a much quicker recovery possible?
And in what vertical distance?