The AS350 with low skid gear doesn't take much flare to hit the tail rotor. Sitting on the ramp, the end of the tail rotor is well below knee level. I learned to do all my flaring at a high hover, and touch down with no movement, and I was still worried. A little tailwind, when parking, would make the t/r come very, very close to the ground. Luckily there was a very large stinger back there protecting the spinning parts. I have landed in open fields and after shutting down found the tips of the t/r green from cutting grass, which was perhaps 8" high. The AS350 should never have been certified with the low skidgear.