Originally posted by Con_fiture
5 ft gain and the aircraft is probably back but not without leaves in the landing gear.
- 10 ft gain and the aircraft is back.
5 ft gain - maybe; but it is a bit speculative isn't it? At a pitch attitude of 17 deg the elevator hinge and the lowest point of the gear are at the same height, so with a 5ft gain you are just as likely to end up by tearing the elevators off accompanied by a vicious ND pitch and no hydraulics.
10 ft gain - again maybe - the AVERAGE tree height was 12m (39ft) so you have something like a 50% chance of going clear.