Robbiee, when you were at the Robinson Safety course, didn't they show you the video what happened during certification? The one were an FAA pilot did very low level autorotations?
That ended it the same way, upright, bent blades and the prototype was toast. It ends with the pilot jumping out and throwing his helmet down. He seemed to be slightly upset.
I asked Nick Lappos, if that was VRS, he said, no that was HTG - Hit The Ground, as you can not have VRS with the lever down. Doing it right, you can even have that in a R22. Inertia can be such a b*****.