I assume your dearly departed dear old dad meant 'predictable' rather than 'unpredictable'; and if that was his intention I am in agreement. I would also add a few other things to his list.
sorry, wrong.
if you wish to scale in the boring part, then go predictable.
to demonstrate with the extreme, I remember watching a '269 doing a handling display of a spraying exercises at an airshow, once for about fiteen minutes, jeeeesus. The next day he didn't even show, even though scheduled, talk about boring, and predictable.
I would also say that some of the most awesome and exciting F/W aero displays that I have seen had sequences that were totally unpredicted.
When a helicopter departs controlled flight (and they do from time to time) during a badly executed loop it is good to have a little altitude between you and terra firma.
Yes we have had this conversation from to time, on different aspects, However I suggest that the saguine and predictable long slow zoom upward to a roll which then departs from precision control, which possibly has been practised many times, is hard to explain.
Why not drop them a line and tell them what part of their display you found wanting?
sure, when I get a second or two I shall, no doubt they will be well forewarned.
I have trained many pilots to perform aerobatics in helicopters and few are perfect when first learning aerobatic maneuvers or when perfecting a display.
In the vein of the thread, could you describe the maneuvres, that fit the word aerobatic?
We have all been having some problems with it.
Thankyou.
tet