Do yall have an air conditioner in your TH57? The 67 I flew had one, and it certainly helped on those summer days.
Well~
1. As per the TW-5 legal-ese, we are specifically prohibited from using ECS to slow the rotors (and left pedal, as well).
2. Unless it is over 80 degrees (or some crap like that), ECS is not a required item to have functioning (flew to KGPT the other day with no ECS... mid 70's and humid~ I have shorted out 2 helmets in the 1.5 years I have been here; I do sweat like a farm animal though).
What about the ole' pull the collective in a wee bit on the Bravo to stop the rotors?
I don't think in the 206 it's technically an issue, but I was always told it's building a habit pattern for fleet birds that can chop your head off.
People get so bent out of shape about being outside the aircraft on the -60 (anyone but the pilot, of course) when the head isn't at 100% or 0% when nothing can possibly hurt you, so just wondering if it's an overblown, safety muscle-memory thing with the -57.
If busdriver is still around he might be able to provide some more info, but my understanding is that the AF 60s spin at idle (the horror!) until they're ready to fly and then put the PCLs to FLY. The whole time the crew chief (or FE or mechanic or whatever the AF calls him) is on a long cord walking about.
Apparently the HT IPs are FINALLY busy getting X's instead of surfing the 'net and they can't respond.