Originally Posted by Reely340
Now, the "normal app. profile" I've been trained to follow is to avoid the H-V curve, meaning "at the bottom" I'd have to be at 3-6 feet doing 50 kts.
I just want to point out that the HV chart is not designed for approach and landing (your shaded area would look very different). 50kt at 3-5 feet is ok for runway landing, but I would not like to be doing 50kt that close to the ground while landing on helipad. I have been taught the same way as you on my ppl course in EU and spent quite lot of energy to re-learn it during my further training in the states. Now I definitelly prefere constant angle approach with as smooth power changes as possible with loaded disc towards the end of approach. Pretty much going through ETL while getting into groung effect. That way I can avoid some possible suprises and maybe that is one of the reasons I have no problem to go from G2 to R44 an back...