True.....but you can beep the engine down as much as you can. In a twin...shut one engine down and minimum beep the other. The goal is to slow the tail rotor as much as you can.
I also remind folks that the Green Arc is "Normal Operations"....and that a Tail Rotor Failure is not a "Normal Operation".
In an ideal world....you should be able to reduce the ground speed to a point that you do a landing with some forward speed...controlling the yaw with collective input as you slowly lower the collective to "brake".
The key is to touch down as the nose comes in line with the direction of travel.
Last edited by SASless; 26th February 2013 at 15:20.