I was doing partial panel IF Unusual Attitude recoveries when my instructor gave me a runaway trim. The training UA turned into a real UA rather quickly. Ended upside down, vectored to the ground approaching 300kts (it was a jet not a helo and we were VMC).
The reason I got so screwed up is because I was used to recovering an aircraft that was trimmed for a safe flight regime. I wasn't letting go of the stick, but I was feeling where the stick was neutral.
With that in mind, I think leaving the cyclic trimmed to a level attitude position is helpful after disorientation (unless your AFCS can't handle it).
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GLS, Agree what you say about the 412 in ATT mode. I'm used to flying against the trim springs and from what I've read I should be able to do this in SAS mode on the 412. Every time I try it I get a caution light (not sure anymore if it's an Autotrim Light or an AP Light). Any idea why?
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Also, what is CAF?