Maneuver Guide of a large US based flight school:
Settling with Power (R22 - PPL)
looking for 2000 ft agl
turn into tailwind condition
carburetor heat comes up
clear area
downwind setup / straight and level flight with 40 kt
set collective to 17-18 inches MP
continuously slow it down to 0 airspeed / first set of vibrations is ETL
feeling the descent / second set of vibrations SWP - watch your vsi
initiate recovery
lower collective - right pedal
forward cyclic
recover from nose down attitude with aft cyclic and raise collective
(as soon as you feel the vibrations are gone / clean air entering the rotor system / no lower than 1000 ft AGL)
watch rotor RPM on recovery - MINIMIZE LOSS OF ALTITUDE
Instructor demonstration:
check power available (MP chart)
slow the aircraft down to a OGE hover
lower collective - establish a rate of descent more than 300 ft/min
waiting for the vibrations of settling with power
feeling the vibrations - watch your VSI
initiate recovery
lower collective - right pedal - forward cyclic
recover from nose down attitude with raise collective and aft cyclic
(as soon as you feel toe vibrations are gone / clean air entering the rotor system / no lower than 1000 ft AGL)
watch rotor RPM on recovery