porocks01
My rex has looked like that once or twice....
I find you don't need much negative pitch at the top, zero degrees or just reduced positive will do, depending on how fast I'm going when I start and how round the whole thing must look...
Anytime my heli looked like yours I had both main and feathering shafts bent, the main gear stripped, one or two main blades broken, one or two blade grips broken. The tail has always been saved. I don't even bother checking the shafts anymore, I summarily replace them. They have ALWAYS been slightly bent.
I second the use af the aluminium booms. Bend straight, shove a wooden dowel down it to push out the worst dents, away you go.My CF tail boom is still in its wrapper!
And my final word: If in trouble PUNCH POSITVE PITCH, all the way. As long as you are even partially right side up this has often saved me. Worry about orientation once you are clear of the ground again. Do one or two circuits to let the heartrate calm down, then carry on.... Trex rocks.