Whenever I went up in R22, R44 or 206 I nearly always during the flight did a practice Auto and power recovery, I only actually went onto the ground whilst in my training time or if I had a much more experienced second pilot with me( dont ask me why) but I found that wind strength/speed was the governing input to ground speed , forward speed meant very little once I had picked the spot for my final theoretical act, A pilot called Geoff Day showed me well how to make S turns whilst under auto's situation and this helped a lot in being able to pick out and stay with a good landing spot without allowing the wind to compromise the final act of landing without power
Peter R-B
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