Capt: That video has been around for awhile. There were a bunch of
helicopter pilots looking at it a few years back and the consensus of
opinion was that the pilot probably had a brief flight with his instructor
the day before and the danged instructor never really let the guy have the
controls but was "On there with him" and the guy thought he was flying the
thing OK. This gave the guy the impression that it wasn't that hard so he
tried it by himself. Bad instruction technique. I had the same kind of
instruction in a Schweitzer 300CB at a fairly famous flight training school.
I never knew whether it was me or the instructor on the controls. Left
there and took training with Mike Zemlock in Chino. There was never any
doubt in my mind who just screwed up that maneuver.
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Richard: As I recall the control forces were fairly light but such that
I felt connected to the ship and control excursions required were not
large but generated response that seemed very appropriate. This seems to
be supported by the fact that several people have learned to fly the
thing without having any helicopter instruction. Something I sure don't
recommend.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=232hX895nU0

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