PPL(H) Hours 4.5 to 5.9

I once had an instructor that gave me a little trick to use when
landing, as I had the same tendency as you to want to raise
collective. Even when I didn't raise it seemed I would just float
at about 1 to 2 feet above the ground. So he tells me to just put
in small cyclic or pedal movements(not even enough to notice an
attitude or heading change) basically just wiggling the cyclic or
wiggling your feet slightly back and forth on the pedals. It takes
enough power away from the main rotor to put you in a gentle
descent without needing to lower collective at that close to the
ground. My problem was that when I stopped descending at 1 or
2 feet i would lower collective to get down, and still being ham
handed on the controls as this was early in my training I would
inevitably wind up with a hard landing. Talk to your instructor
before trying this as he/she may not recommend the gyrating
of the controls at this stage in your training! Having said that,
it does work and gives your hands/feet something to do rather
than raising that collective.


Get yourself in the air, no matter how you get up there!