Dougie,
I don't believe said MAD would do such a thing. Now I do know others that might! I do recall one pi$$ing contest between my mates at Q2 over a set of CARP Coefficients and a long drop. They would not accept the data provided by the USAF. more or less insisted that they undertake exhaustive trails and have an a/c allocated to Boscombe for the purpose.
Years back when we did a slight modification to the apex tie of the small cruciform (I can't recall id it was the SC8 of GQ6m) the number of drops required kept the team at JATE going for nearly a year. Similar sketch when we did ADUX from J - By the way your MAD was the only guy who knew how to do a draw tie. All the other cutes had had Norah Batty static lines for ages.
Talking of ADUX - my thoughts are with said chap who bears the call sign on here and his family this coming week.