By rotating to the target attitude, the helicopter will slowly gain airspeed until it stabilizes at the desired airspeed. As the helicopter begins to climb out, trim the aircraft into the wind with the anti-torque pedals. Continue the climb out until you reach your desired altitude. Common Mistakes Dumping the nose to accelerate Many pilots begin the maneuver by dropping the nose many degrees. While this will give a quick acceleration, it also decreases vertical lift substantially.
Most pilots raise collective to compensate.
The problem occurs on the day when you are already at maximum torque and you try a maneuver like this. Either you exceed torque limits trying to avoid hitting the ground, or bleed down rotor RPM, or hit the ground in a nose low attitude. None of these are desirable. Dropping the nose a little, gaining airspeed and lift, and then dropping the nose more to prevent a climb is a more conservative way to initiate a takeoff. If the helicopter touches down, the skids are level, and the helicopter will usually just skip off the runway and then climb out.