cyclic thanks for the message but if anyone else is interested i asked chief pilot tim tucker about the 2.4 sec lag. it was a test flight at vne plus 10% when he closed throttle. he did not flare the ac to maintain rpm but he held attitude with gentle aft cyclic, and coupled with the deceleration from vne plus 10% would clearly have helped.
and back on topic today in the auto rotation section he mentioned what happens if you jam in left pedal by mistake at entry. now i may miss some bits or get it wrong, im only a fresh faced newbie, but as left goes in ac rolls left out of trim. relative airflow (plus stalling blades too??) creates a right rolling movement that inverts the aircraft.. and this poor chap in ely landed upside down it appears???