I stumbled upon this article describing an alternate way of getting out of vortex ring state. The conventional recovery I've been taught is to reduce collective and establish forward airspeed. The article suggests applying left pedal, right cyclic and cruise torque to fly out with minimal altitude loss (on a CCW rotor system).
Anyone had experience utilizing this type of recovery? For some reason I find it difficult to believe that no one's considered sideward cyclic application before, but the idea seems to make sense. Link below:
Aviation Today
Thanks!
Edit: forgot to search before asking... Sorry folks!