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Old 15th Dec 2013, 07:36
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The video is of a constant attitude EOL, not a vertical zero airspeed one.

It had been taught for many years in the Brit Mil and is a perfectly normal exercise. It is flown at 30 -35 kts until the last 100 feet or so when the attitude is maintained (hence the name constant attitude) and then a check with the lever at about 30' followed by the cushion at about 5'.

It is not, however, even slightly representative of a vertical, zero airspeed EOL from a high hover where the RoD would be much, much higher and that technique would certainly bend the aircraft very badly.
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