Mxsmanic wrote:
Gig 601XL Builder writes:

Just for the record here is your first post in this thread. Nowhere do
you mention helicopters.

I said "in the article that gave rise to my comment," meaning an article to
which I provided a pointer. That article described the experience of a
helicopter pilot in marginal VFR at night.

And we were supposed to know that, how?



It is high enough to kill you and too low to perform a proper
auto-rotation.

Ten feet? I've seen helicopters fall to the ground from this height in videos
and while the helicopters may not survive if they don't remain upright, it
looks as though the occupants often can walk away from it. An engine failure
would be more gentle than a simple fall.

Depends on the helo and more importantly how it lands. They are designed
to handle some amount of hard landing but a hard landing can easily turn
into an overturned craft and then all bets are off.

Anything short of 400 feet and auto-rotation probably isn't going to be
successful.