Nick Dear Boy,
Maybe I have had a few too many Egg Nogs (note.....means VSOP coloured by the essence of Egg Nog) but as I read your post it seems quite clear to me....but not to HC that what you refer to as a stalled surface is in fact the non-moving tail bits and not the rotor blades.
Heavens knows even a Redneck knows a wing creates the most lift just at stall....but also provides for max drag as well.....and what with drag being the force that gets strongest quickest, it has the more noticeable effect. (or so I dredged up out of the deepest reaches of my alcohol ravanged brain).