Slingloading & Longlining

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Waiting for ground effect is the best way to retract your unretractable gear. On the final stage you will need much more power to come to hover. Due to the large control input, out of CG, the massive more NR drop, you will need the more power. More power -> more torque -> more pedal to stop rotating. Results easy, as said, in overtorqueing and/or bended metal. And think about your safety. On that kind of method you have no possibilities to recover the ship and going around. If something goes wrong your are trapped...
Same procedure on your running slingload take off. If the ship is overloaded and you will press it in the air, it's the shortest way to come quickly down to mother earth. No safety on that way.

If you aren't able to lift the load straight up, what will you do if the load is hooked on an obstacle... And due to the increased forces you overrun structural limits. Don't be a fool and forget it. If you are paid for lifted loads, it's better to make some bucks less and stay alive.