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Good morning all, Sorry to bother with what may seem like boring old questions. I am trying to learn flying helis, with the 500 and EC135 at present, with the idea of buying BK117 asap. I am finding it very very difficult. take off ok, level flight ok, but landings are hit and miss. I read some of Nicola m suggestions so I try to approach at 40kt, between 300/500fpm descent, flare than hover just above ground and touch down. Well often i get it wrong and often, just when i think i have all under control and coming smoothly down, all power goes to zero and i drop down like a stone. I can see my mistakes when i overcontrol etc... But this sudden shutdown and stone-drop i cannot understand. Any ideas? Have seen videos on you tube of xplaners landing so smoothly and on a ten pence coin, how on earth do you guys do it? Any help is kindly accepted. Best regards PS would the BK117 make things easier for me?
