Well two 'proper' helicopters crashed on the board at the moment.
I personally think you have more chance of getting a more warning from a piston engine than a turbine. The 1 second they talk about is just theory. . Its down to the pilot.
I had an instructor cut the power on me in an R22 climbing away from the airfield at 300ft. It went like this - <closes throttle> says, "the engine has just failed what are you going to do about it" I say, "What"!? . . Slight pause and he takes over and completes a 180 auto back inside the airfield boundary.
I wasn't counting but that's gotta be more than a second. . . I'll get my coat
