Helicopters for glider pilots

On Jun 21, 7:53 pm, "Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote:
Now a Bell 47 helicopter, THAT is hard to fly.

With zero helicopter time I had the opportunity to fly a Bell 47. In
less that 40 minutes of flight and perhaps 20 minutes on the controls,
I had done takeoff, hover, hover turns, approaches and landings. The
thing I found most difficult was keeping the engine in the 200rpm
power band with changes in collective.

I suspect that any glider pilot used to flying with a light touch on
the stick would have a similar experience.

Isn't the difficulty of flying helicopters a myth perpetuated by
helicopter pilots?

Andy