The 44 is capable of climbing during autorotation but not by much. I've tried doing a few times while praticising autos on my own and as long as you enter the climb with some decent speed it will climb a little, although it is more an 'inflated flare' than it is a climb and it certainly doesn't climb more than 50 ft.
I can't see the use of the process outside of combat, except of course if you saw a fence at the last minute but chances are your airspeed would be too low at that stage.
What do ya'll think? Any use for it?