Originally Posted by
Thomas coupling
I would wager a large bet that you are far more proficient and comfortable with 30 degrees nose down than 30 degrees sideways slip for a prolonged period.
Absolutely! I've never ever done these things.
My "(I)VRS training" was one single demonstration by the FI at 1500ft AGL were I faintly remember a ROD of maybe 800fpm when he got excited & pointed out some "shaking/trembling of the frame" however unnoticed by me and did the normal pitch low nose forward maneuver. Then it was my turn, I was urged to "recover from VRS" at an even lower ROD, got a thumbs up, noted it as piece of cake and carried on with the training.
I'm pretty sure that should I personnaly ever get into "true VRS" ((c)pprune) I'll dump the pitch and autorotate away.
TC you'll most probably win your inital bet,
but I think that one has to practice either FDVRS escape, neither is comfortable,
especially for low height situations the ones with pitch raised.