Since when does the seat you are sitting in make a difference ??? The view out of either seat is effectively the same from distance . What you are saying is that the ground was higher than he thought so he hit it ....i guess that means that if he had been in the other seat he would think was lower than he was...so would have been too high . If thats your level of skill Anfi we had better get a seat in the middle for you !!
and as for .... Holds his act together after the initial event in a way that I doubt many others would.
Well if he just hit hard why did he lift off again? Not knowing what damage had been caused ...only to put it down on a steep slope and stay upright by pure luck !! I would have thought that dumping collective and sticking it on the ground at first impact was the only sensible thing to do especially as this was the only flat bit . If that had been a steeper hill it could have been curtains ...