Unusual attitude recovery?
A friend of mine - who is a fixed wing and gyrocopter pilot, but not heli - sent me the following question:
I was wondering, what's the standard procedure to recover from a nose-high attitude in a helicopter (in IMC)? How do you even recognize it (without an AI)? I've googled it briefly and ended up in a hole of contrasting opinions.
So here's my reply:
Honestly I have no idea. I've never practised unusual attitudes in a heli. For sure (in a Robbo) rolling into a knife edge doesn't strike me as a great idea, which is the fixed wing answer. If it was nose-high (not vertical) I guess I'd GENTLY push the cyclic forward, and GENTLY drop the collective, and see what happens.
Someone here must know the "right" answer...