@Griffo...
....but the autopilot is always available if you know how to use it.
Got it in one...!
I've sat in the back of the 139 Sim and watched, sometimes in amusement and sometimes in bewilderment, while people struggle to make that transition into IMC.
All the problems begin with a failure to let go the Force Trim Release buttons. Set the power and the attitude and just let go - once established in an accelerative attitude and with climb power set, it will keep on accelerating and cllimbing until the pilot next intervenes. Moreover, it will do so from a whole lot less than either the FD Min Use speed of 60kts or Vmini. (That, of course, leads us back to the night or low vis rig departures...)
As an aside, I recently had some long conversations with a pilot who used to work for that operation on the S76. I was left with the distinct impression that, while it sometimes required considerable fortitude to face him down, the man was not the ogre he is being made out to be.