John R81 - No, I am saying that making an approach to land is one thing - there is always an element of risk involved but the techniques taught (even HOGE and vertical descent) try to minimise that risk by reducing exposure time.
Hovering in a position where pretty much any failure is going to end up hurting you (nose in to trees and not above a clear area) just to recover a model is just crass.
As Aucky rightly said, there is no briefing or acknowledgement of the risks involved (probably because he wouldn't have been able to justify his actions if he had actually thought about it) he just booms on in there in an effort to impress his student and curry favour with the owner of the model.
Let's not even think about what would have happened if the model had flicked up into the disc as the downwash caught it, or who cleared any of the model flyers into or out of the disc on the ground - the whole thing was amateurish and he can count himself very lucky that he didn't f**k it up ( luck not skill involved there).
If that is what you want to do with a helicopter then fine, crack on, but don't expect any sympathy when you are the subject of a fatal accident enquiry - just consider what would have been said on this forum if it had gone wrong, I don't think it would have been 'Oh he died having fun in his helicopter' or 'what a skilful pilot, he was so unlucky'.