Originally Posted by
Reely340
Please elaborate why an airplane is more stable than a helo, assuming identical IFR instrumentation.
Take your hands off the controls of a correctly trimmed
aeroplane and the aeroplane will tend to fly straight and level. Take your hand off the cyclic in a R22 and you will be upside down in a matter of seconds. Death will follow shortly afterwards.
Originally Posted by
Reely340
Especially how a full IR rated PIC makes the helo more stable
It doesn't. But the 'full IR rated PIC' will invariably be sitting in a twin engine helicopter, probably with an autopilot or stabilisation of some sort. It's
that which makes the IFR helicopter more stable.