I have just seen the helipad profile for the EC155. Anyone else seen it yet? It involves a 500fpm vertical (possibly sidewards to retain sight of pad) climb to 100ft, then rotate (TDP).
Any failure before TDP involves a vertical (possibly slightly sideways?) descent back to the pad.
Is it just my tainted view as someone who has used and appreciated a differing slower backward climb that leads me to believe this new method is boll....not so good. You know forward motion, feel the burble of translational lift, reduced power, clear view of pad ahead. It appears now a vertical descent zero airspeed (vortex ring?) poor references plummet is the approved method?
Am I missing something here? Or is the world going mad?
