SAS Our posts crossed ...ie i replied to Griff before i saw your post ...
I get your point and agree .
Yes i sprayed when God was a boy ( around 1981-3 ) . The vertical torque turns would only really be used when field had boundary of v high trees ..ie you turned inside the field . I was pretty young ( 23 ) and no expert but i did stay alive even when we wrote off 5 aircraft out of 8 in 3 months !! ( Egypt ..cotton ). I too now prefer to fly as if i had a full glass of G&T ....