Can anyone comment on any difference on hovering with gear up or gear down? Handling difference? I seem to recall that with gear down it helped trap some air underneath the airframe/in the wheel wells, and also believe puffer activation has to do with nozzle postion, not gear position. I wound think you would normally want gear down for hovering near the ground (but I do realize that with a significant engine cut out in the hover the result is predictable). So is gear up hover for "flair" only?- I do admit it looks good.