Hi,
I was taking off at Schilthorn / Switzerland with the EC135. It takes >40% on torque to lift off. Pretty much everything above 45% is not controlable with the rudder - the heli spins off to the right with left rudder fully depressed.
EC135 at FL100 - rudder problem
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Just tried it and it worked fine, as expected the first limit indicators quickly showed N1 as the limiting factor, 100% N1 at 62% torque.
Tail rotor was effective throughout take off, transition, and climb away at full power.
Impressed at how close to the real thing it was. I've flown over 4000 hours in the 135, though not much at that altitude (not too much crime to solve at 10,000').
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Ah, now I see the bunny in the pepper
Try turning the AFCS off.
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The limitation for yaw rate is 60 degrees per second, so it should take no less than 6 seconds to complete as spot turn. It's wise to check the power requirement (and limitation) in the hover by gradually turning against the torque, that way you know you'll be able to stop the yaw with the opposite pedal without over torqueing/FLI limit. If you do run out of power when operating OGE at altitude, just reduce the collective and get the nose down, gain airspeed and then carefully return to the hover again where possible.
The 135 can be very nervous to crosswinds with that big fin, great for forward flight (65Kts and above), but a handful in gusting crosswinds at slow speeds.
Flying for the police means a lot of time in the out of ground effect hover or very slow fuel saving orbits at or near MAUW, certainly keeps the feet and knees busy!
The big thing is to anticipate to prevent getting into a situation that can bite.
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Why are you AFCS off? I wouldn't expect to have the power available at FL100 OGE to be turning left, you're right at the edge of the flight envelope if your managing to hover there, never mind spot turning. I would expect to be severely power limited OGE at in that scenario. IGE hover might be possible depending on payload.