The most important bit is the bit above 500ft, as in setting it up, field selection etc
Couldn't agree more. The hardest part obout a forced landing (and the bit I always had trouble with) is working out where you're going to land, and judging everything right to get you to the spot. Once you can do that in your sleep, then the sub 500' bit is easy. Besides in real life, if you don't arrive at the right spot by the time you reach 500', its probably too late anyway.
In the UK we're fairly luck with respect to the number of fields around (compared to say LA or somewhere). I would always aim to do a long base, followed by a very short final into the wind and all being well into the field, possibly leaving flaps out for as long as possible in case I need to "baloon" over anything I haven't noticed before (like a fence).
Fingers cross, will never need to do one though
