Originally Posted by
megan
..In the sim, single pilot -76, drive failure in the hover, climb the rotating aircraft to 1,000 ft, nose over to gain airspeed, and fly to a suitable landing area..
Having done, and seen demonstrated, many TR drive failure in S76 sim, nothing has ever come close to that technique mentioned there. The only way to carry out a successful recovery from TR drive failure in S76 sim is to follow the procedure as per the RFM. Real life might be different, but I'd be very surprised if any S76 pilot who climbed to a 1000' from a real TR fail in hover would have any sensibilities left to do anything after such a wild ride which it certainly would be. Especially in a B or C variant.