Originally Posted by
n5296s
...In perfect day VFR conditions, you hit wake turbulence (let's say) and suddenly find yourself pointing skywards - as determined by looking out of the window. Now what do you do?...
Do we have forward speed or no ?
In my basic training, after a low run across the paddock, the instructor put the 300 somewhere past 60º and when the speed decayed applied 'rudder' (aka, pedal turn) thus giving a nice 180º turn for the next low run across the paddock. I woulda thought this were part of every heli pilot training?
Couple of years back i had a National Parks chap on board and he pointed out where that Skyhooks singer pranged. I remember thinking of the irony of the sky hook name - no hook that day. Relavence here is there were a lotta comment around pilot circles of possible unusual attitude recovery technics.
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