Some of the posts in this thread show Rotorheads at it's worst and do no credit to a fine forum.
Unless there was a malfunction it looks like the pilot made some mistakes. If he did, he isn't the first and he won't be the last.
Maybe it was 99% luck and 1% judgement, but he recovered it and nobody got hurt but instead of being allowed to learn from it quietly, we get someone who posts a link to the video AND posted the reg. (Now removed either by him or the mods.)
Southern Xross says he did it because "crucial that this kind of flying be made public."
Well he achieved his aim. Now it's on the biggest rotary site on the net and on Sky News as well as YouTube.
Is that public enough?
The person who posted it on the You Tube probably did it without realising what a stir it would cause.
SC knew exactly what he was doing. He wanted to cause maximum trouble for another pilot, and the same goes for some of the other Irish posters.