Why rely on rumours? The transcripts to the Board of Inquiry into last year's Blackhawk loss off Fiji are at:
http://www.defence.gov.au/boi/blackh...transcipts.htm
In the transcripts, there is much discussion on rotor droop (and some interesting confusion over what constitutes 'droop' vs the allowable operating RRPM limits).
The Dili Blackhawk accident is also discussed.
In my opinion, the transcripts support BlackHawk 9's posts to a 't'.