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Old 25th Jul 2011, 23:15
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Ascend Charlie
 
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Helinut,

It seems you are an advocate of hovering low "in case the engine fails."

Listen to Frank Robinson - he tells people that hovering higher is safer than hovering lower. He has never lost a helicopter from an engine failure while hovering higher, but there are hundreds of losses from people hovering too low, catching a skid on the ground and rolling over.

Play the odds: the chances of an engine failure in the high hover are very low, but the chance of stuffing up a low hover (with engine running) are very high.
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