Myrddin

Hard to speak for all helicopters, I suppose it is same as asking for all car gas pedals. Alouette II, which I was flying, had a bit of resistance but not a lot - I'd compare it to a bigger car - the helicopter reacted instantaneous (would be weird if it didn't) :D

It has been a while since I last flew helicopters, been pilot int he german army aviation forces up to like 20 years ago :D Always been looking for a semi realistic helicopter sim which would let me fly around a bit if I wanted to. But back to the core of this post. As seen in other posts the hardest part is hovering since you basically have to adjust all controls to be in balance while sliding down from your cushion of air. From the video it looks that you come in quite fast and you forget to bring up your nose just before you hit the ground. While you are descending the air will keep your rotor going, but it all has to be within limits ... you can't be too fast and you rotor can't be too fast either. Think if I remember right our Alouette II had a speed of 50-60 knots for autorotation ... you have to take speed and energy out while descending if you come too fast. Jsut befor you touch ground you pull the pitch and use the energy stored in your rotor to create a cushion of air which you need to use to reduce the speed more and more before actually touching the ground. The alouette usually slided around 30-60m on wet grass and you needed to be ready to pull back in case the nose would go down. Hope that helps