Great discussion. Thank you all for the valuable inputs.A fine instructor once told me that the successful autorotation is determined by what you do at the entry to an auto.I am afraid that today in training, the emphasis on reflexive actions,to include aft cyclic, is just not there. The venerable AP3456, in it's extract for helicopter aerodynamics,talks about this and that was what I was taught as a baby pilot.In casual discussions with some of the younger blokes around me, I find the mindset is to lower collective and then look for a good spot to put the aircraft down.Blank stares when I ask how you would restore Rrpm in case it has edged into the lower part of the yellow arc.When I further explain what I am trying to get at then there is the shrug of the shoulders and the "Of course, the nose will pitch down and I will automatically bring the cyclic back" reponse.All answers are within the ball park.But, IMHO, not quite there.I am just hoping that someone someday does not run out of altitude,airspeed and a good idea(aerodynamics) at the same time,because the book did not at least add a note in passing.
Please keep the discussion going.
Alt3.