GulfPLt, you're experience reminds me of an idea I've often had regarding loss of T/R.
I saw a video about a year ago of an ANG Blackhawk performing a rescue of an injured climber in a small but deep rocky ravine (if I remember this correctly). The ravine was too small to land the helo in, and the rocky sides were so narrow they would have caused rotor contact if a landing were attempted. Surrounding this small ravine on 3 sides was fairly flat terrain.
In the video, the Blackhawk had just gotten into position to lower the winch cable, when suddenly it lost tail rotor thrust. The Blackhawk began to spin, and for some reason that was not clear to me, it went straight down into the ravine in a slow flat spin, destoying the main rotor in the process as it contacted the rocky walls. The airframe landed right side up at the bottom and all the crew survived (some with injuries), and another Blackhawk had to arrive on the scene to winch all persons out of the ravine.
What puzzled me was why the pilot didn't apply more collective and climb, so he could straighten it out with a little altitude and attempt a landing on the surrounding flat terrain. I know this would have increased the spin rate, but as long as the airframe structure can tolerate the increased spin, this would have been far better than destroying the helo in the rocky ravine.
So that's my idea, why can't pilots do what "GulfPLt" did, and just climb if needed while enduring a higher spin rate, if that's what it takes to get out of trouble following the loss of T/R, especially at low altitude above an uninviting landing area?
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Safe flying to you...