I have spent most of my 11,000 ish hours looking down a longline, flying in the mountains in Western Canada. In my world we work upwind, downwind, uphill, downhill and nasty combinations of downwind and downhill. We work in a "Production based" environment and we get very accustomed to working in conditions that are conducive VRS.
When VRS happens close to the ground it's usually immediately following a power increase and the first thing you will feel is that you ass gets lighter in the seat. You will feel lightness in the seat way before you feel rotor vibration or sloppiness in the controls. Usually when you add power your ass gets heavier in the seat... if you pull the collective and you get lighter you need to take corrective action immediately.
Last edited by dammyneckhurts; 20th Mar 2015 at 04:14.