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Old 7th Aug 2011, 16:05
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rjsquirrel
 
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Gomer is right, just continue and land. The autopilot (a 61 has one, BTW, it just has no nav tracking modes) makes it easier, but with hundreds of hours in non-autopilot helos on actual or simulated instruments, I can assure you the autopilot is a great help, but few helos have crashed because of their stability, virtually all crashes are the result of poor pilot judgement - weather, fuel, wind, terrain, etc.
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