It's a mandatory item in the JAR-FCL2 licensing syllabus.
It's hard to get demonstrate into wind in the R22 and requires a very high nose up attitude and backward flight. Weight should only affect the ROD at which it commences: bit heavier requires a slightly higher ROD to accelerate.
Lot's of height! 2k+ Downwind, decelerate towards an out-of-ground-effect hover. Keep the nose straight and attitude flat; allow the aircraft to accelerate the ROD slowly until it begins to race away: recover with disk to horizon and slight reductin of pitch. DON'T pull pitch until positive airspeed indicated.
Last edited by Torquetalk; 26th May 2010 at 06:30.