Teeteringhead,
You may be correct; as I said, it's a few years since I was current and the definitive answer is in the RFM as I recall - perhaps a current pilot might care to check it out for us. The u/c IS certainly capable of handling a lot more, but it is a staged system (3 stages?) and I think certain replaceable components need checking and possibly replacing if the ROD at touchdown exceed certain limits.
Anyway, I was always SO gentle, I never needed it
