it would be interesting to drag the debate back to occasions when quick hands might be a good idea.
Yes, like how fast you have to be....
to get the collective down in a light helicopter with little inertia in the blades following a catastrophic engine failure?
ie about 2 seconds in an R22, or 7 seconds if you flare as well, if I remember correctly. But, as I state earlier on this thread....
Years ago, low hours pilots were crashing R22s by throwing them into autorotation and messing it up, and investigation was showing that an auto wasn't required. The Robinson Safety Course now teaches that if the low rotor RPM warning horn goes off, you open the throttle and make sure you have an engine failure before you throw the machine into auto in a panic.
Personally, I think they're wrong (oooo, arguing with the experts who have gazillions more hours than me; I'm bad!!!!). I think you should put the helicopter into autorotation, but do your thinking on the way down.
Think first. Don't do something stupid by acting too fast. BUT there are different ways of doing that, and depending on your emergency, you have different amounts of time in which to do it.
Enough food for thought there?