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Old 12th Sep 2009, 13:00
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This is with a one second delay between rolling the throttle off and lowering the collective - a very short time.
with respect - beg yours??

Very low and fast isn't bad - freeze collective briefly, cyclic climb, collective smartly down, auto attitude, flare, level, cushion, go to pub.
Well ahem, that jess depends on how low you really are.
it may well be much better of give the ol' heave ho stick a bit of a flick (then back down again) to position yon backside just a bit further from the ah-field prior to commencing yon flare.

sitting in a 100' hover, flat arsed, power on collective up, that is a real problem in an R22, not so much in some other types. forget the one second delay, you're in the wrong game if'n it takes you that long to sort it. not suggesting for one second that they are rcoverable without danage.

that 100' hover flight position is an indicator of lack of pilot acumen for sure.

rule of thumb is , when at 100' and very little if any A/S always try to plan to have the disc pointed at the ground, or at least the collective down quite aways, just zoomed up there, etc.
cheers tet
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