RE: Close call, lesson learned! Will never do it again!
Why would you purposly run it out of fuel in the air???
No fuel-- No oil....
Second.. If your mix was set correctly, it should only over-speed a little-- a couple hundred RPMs.
If your mix is so rich that you gotta have 3/4 throttle or more to keep your head speed up at hover, then it would over rev much more when you run it dry.
Set-up your throttle hold switch and use IT for auto's and emergencies like this.
Only run it dry at idle and at the end of the day.
Your engine will thank you!!
Kirk