Geoff,
The simulator only comes into play if the outcome is known to be positive; what can be done under those circumstances is to play with the rotation to see the effect. Eventually you will establish the safe envelope (and will show acceleration distances and drop down).
That is precisely what was done in the modelling; we ran a series of plots with increasing wind and varying pitch angles until we had a graph of the pattern. The results were as I indicated.
Nothing is better than modelling for such what if questions.
Jim