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Yep, flying for the SAAF Museum Before a display, I would say to myself in my emergency brief, “go for the ground”. What I meant by that is, give the aircraft a chance to recover if you stall/ autorotate. When that windscreen fills with brown earth...you will have a very powerful auto impulse, to pull back in the controls....unless you discipline yourself against this. Pulling back too soon can result in not installing the wings or causing a secondary stall.
In a forced landing, as that ground comes up....you will involuntarily start pulling back in the sick. To me, it’s vital you have sufficient speed to fly the landing. Stall or lose control at 50 ft, and you are in trouble. The body can handle a fore-aft deceleration a lot better than a vertical deceleration. High RoD impact is a big problem. Harnesses will handle a lot of pretty heavy forward impact. Keep control right down to the ground.

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