Farnk666
Second Officer
Flight distance : 1711394 ft
Australia
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For clarity OP, you are fine to hold the throttle stick all the way down and centred (left stick in mode 2) until the bird lands.
The motors WILL NOT shut down until the bird is actually on the ground. When the aircraft detects that it has landed, only then will the motors shut down.
CSC is completely different and is the effective 'kill switch' that WILL shut down the motors, irrespective of whether the bird is on the ground or in the air.
There are two CSC positions:
BOTH sticks fully down and fully out to the outer corners
BOTH sticks fully down and fully into the inner corners
No other stick position will shut down anything.
You can have both sticks fully down and centered, it will simply lose altitude and head backwards. (not sure what sort of shot that would get you though!)
It's all covered in the manual - have a read and understand just what the stick positions are. Also suggest that you fire up the simulator and try out the CSC positions so you get the idea.
While descending in still air, it is considered good practice to have some form of horizontal movement as well to indeed avoid the disturbed air of the rotor wash as Aeroimage has stated.
This is not so much of a factor if you are flying in breezy conditions, but a good habit to get into. I usually fly slow lazy spirals when descending from altitude.
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