R44 Down on Melbourne Beach

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what was he asking of the machine?

Nick,
I think that you are right on the button and I am sure plenty agree with you.

I know that you are an alert dude, and I have no problem with stepping forward with a couple of explanations.
So it’s with pleasure and some panache that I will point out to you that you missed the sibilant “S” in the above script!

That’s Ok we all run a bit of a root sometimes.

But I really enjoyed how you surmised that the RRPM may have been down at the pilots ankles, maybe that was not all that was down at the pilot’s “pesky” ankles??

As per my post on the previous thread, K48 is also right on the button, If in doubt push it out. To wit:- cyclic forward, collective down (and for rotors rotating in the direction that R44’s do) then right pedal in. It will take nary a second and fresh-beautiful-clean air will prevail over the whole rotor system. - Do with that what you wish – or were damn well trained for, it at all.

And for the record, NO, I do not believe that it was VRS.
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