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Old 12th Dec 2013, 22:53
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John Eacott
 
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Guys, one size does not fit all. Zotting along at <50 feet there is no way that my reaction is going to be 'lower the lever' after a loss of power. I'll be pulling the cyclic back to get a bit of height plus convert speed into Nr, then sorting out further actions like collective, etc. If I'm in an OGE hover (or slow speed at height) I'm going to get the cyclic forward to pick up airspeed as well as dropping the lever, totally different reaction.

Autos are energy management; you have three lots of energy (height, airspeed and Nr) to manipulate and arrive safely on the ground. How you manage that is dependent on many factors and there is no initial reaction that fits all of the possible entry scenarios.

Dogmatic posts such as the OP don't seem to have grasped that reality.
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