Originally Posted by
Thomas coupling
Poling sideways to obain the sort of recovery speed one is after would require signifiacnt nose left/right and maintaining it - not very comfotable at all. Better to nose down which the a/c is designed for from a slipstream perspective.
But technically as long as you exit the turbulence beneath the rotor disc - left/right/back front - you will recover.
But maybe a rather longish object like a helicopter fuselage can be rolled with less force, or to a greater angle than it can be pitched? Like a rod 1" x 1' can be rolled more easily/faster around its longitudinal axis that it can "propellered" around is center.
What if Vuichard only discovered, that tilting the helo to the side some 30° can be done faster than pitching it 30° forward, especially when you do it to the very side your tail rotor is aready pushing you to?
(that might be the reason he advocates right roll + left pedal for left turners)