Anyone have anything to say about the Vuichard technique? According to Wikipedia:
Another recovery technique is called the Vuichard Recovery Technique: initiate the recovery by increasing the collective to takeoff power, then simultaneously applying power pedal to maintain heading and opposite cyclic (15-20 degree bank) cross controls to get lateral movement. As soon as the rotor disc reaches the upwind part of the vortex the recovery is completed. Average loss of altitude during the recovery is 20-50 ft depending on the duration of the recovery procedure.
I was flying with an instructor and a friend at the weekend and we had a for-real SWP, trying to hover OGE close to gross in an R44. (We were at or very close to redline, though my experience in other R44s is that HOGE at 1000 feet at gross is no problem, no idea why this one is different).
The recovery was simple and quick, but my friend got interested and asked me what I thought of the Vuichard technique. Since I'd never heard of it, I thought I'd ask here.