Bladestrike The profile you discribe works great. Wheather it is to a cone site or a dark very small offshore pad (Its amazing how small they get at night) The profile allows you to delay the LDP call to much later in the landing profile (or should at least) I have found that many pilots call CDP to early on rig approaches. I have always felt (right or wrong) that many times the call is made by less expearianced pilots"just to get it out of the way". And if you could get inside their head at the critical time you might find that if one mule went quiet they might try for what they preceved as the "relitive safety" of the deck. If they are slow and flat then chances are they are most likely going to scratch the paint part way down the legs. The same is true in cone sites espically in the winter when that big snow storm arrives just at touch down. If the profile is done well and the nose comes up to 8 to 10* and a collective pull to check the rate of decent, then the aircraft tends to want to stop and a nice no hover landing can be made just as the nose starts to drop. If its done correctly in the snow you can touch down just before the snow hits (a slight head wind sure helps)On an offshore platform this procedure really seperates the good from the not so good if its done well its a true art if its done poorly its frightfull.
peace man