Gents,
have had the non-pleasure of having to make an autorotation landing down hill!
The funny thing is that brand new tail rotor blades had been put on the helicopter only a few weeks earlier and thats all I could think about while flaring.
It was a no wind day with lots of dew on the paddock where I landed - Skidded downhill for about 45 meters but kept the helicopter upright and in one bit, but the low skids where even lower!
I funniest thing about all this is a passenger, two moments before the engine failure had asked me what happens in the event of a failure?, my reply, no problems you simply glide down to a landing. As soon as I said that - Bang, we're in auto. Hows that for Murphy doing his best!
BigJim