FH1100 you said ...."Well, see Nigel, no offense but if you were a more experienced pilot you wouldn't have to ask this question ".................
Good to see our hat munching Bell design expert is out of bed. You do seem to have gone very quiet about your predictions for the 505 never going into production ..let alone it would only do 120 knots , would have end plates etc etc etc !!! ( and you ask me why i pick on you ....!!! )
...But reference it doesnt look to me like he is pulling ALL collective ( not scientific but just going by the sound and the lack of any yaw to the left ) .. he does leave his flare very very late . With such dropping ground just feet from the landing point you would have thought that was a very good escape route if he found he didnt have power to stop rod ? Anyway either way a very lucky fella !!