Originally Posted by
zzodr
This does not happen in real life. I have never EVER had a helicopter drop out of translational lift on me because of turning downwind, even in a slow orbit of a ground object.
The only danger here is the increase in groundspeed, so your reference point is now sliding past the window faster, which gives you a tendency to pull aft cyclic to slow down. You cause the drop through translation, not the wind.
There is still the same relative airflow over the rotor disc, upwind, downwind, crosswind, base.. the helicopter does not care.
Yes, as an old but not bold, former helicopter pilot, I have to agree with this. But there are helicopter pilots that do perpetuate the myth.