The Vuichard recovery method for vortex ring state, otherwise known as settling with power, will be taught during a half-day course at the upcoming European Rotors. The conference will be held ...

A European study into Vortex Ring State (VRS) – one of the helicopter industry’s most pernicious and persistent safety risks – has concluded there are only minor differences between the effectiveness ...

Helicopter safety researchers are to undertake formal analysis of the hazardous vortex ring phenomenon and the effectiveness of an alternative recovery and escape technique. The vortex ring state is ...

This is third of a three-part article series. The first part discusses trim strings and the second focuses on descent rates. A helicopter is susceptible to Vertical Ring State (VRS) when the airspeed ...