Re: Peter Giles' post #1205
Well kept secret??
Your statement implies to the many non-pilot types reading it that actually knowing how to fly a helicopter is a well kept secret from the pilots actually flying them!
Lowering the Collective and moving the Cyclic back go
hand in hand!
Any pilot worth their salt will know how aerodynamics go, and more so will know what to do and when.
I would not wish to fly with a pilot who considers this a well kept secret!
Presumably anyone writing posts in reply, to the effect of "Thank you for your insightful words and revelation into the most surprising secret of helicopter flying" are not helicopter pilots.
In fact it has always been a well known fact that you have very little time to get RPM under control in the event of power loss to the Rotor System. And of course the flight is over if there is no RPM. After all, it is the turning of the Rotor that make a helicopter fly. It's a bit like saying "Do you know? If your car leaves the road and enters the air, your drive is OVER" - well of course it is; your wheels are no longer on the road!
