Originally Posted by fatjack34
Is the solution flying out of it and grabbing some clean air?


That...

Counter intuitive is the right term. The event only occurs when hovering out of ground effect. That does not occur at 3000' above ground. No, it happens when you're hovering 25' over trees that are 125' tall on the side of a mountain at 4500' and you have 3 guys rappelling down the ropes. Reducing power will quickly resolve the matter by replacing one horror with another. The usual solution is to accelerate into 'clean air'. Guys on the ropes are phouc'd.

As suggested earlier there were/are strategies and options available to minimize the likelihood of this occurrence but combat is a fickle bitch and chitt happens. Operations over in the 'Stan are at much higher density altitudes than we dealt with in 'Nam and I'm quite sure the topic remains front and center in the minds of all hoverbugs.

I am..........disturbed.

Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain