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I only had 1 engine failure in a Gazelle. Luckily it was into wind. (and conveniently at a 5 ft hover!)
In the scenario you proposition above, I'd recommend that following the zoom to 300 feet [or whatever is achievable] you ensure you have 20 knots plus the wind speed indicated and do not turn more than 100 degrees until you have positively identified and selected the point to go to. The turn should be a low angle [less than 15 degrees of bank] without attitude correction. Once into wind you can then adjust accordingly and as you mention, minimum TD velocity in both directions is preferable.
Don't know about any of that. I just pulled the lever.