HP14

Yup, I called it the "glass elevator", since the pitch attitude - and glide path - was quite nose-low on final with lots of flaps. You may still need a slip if landing in a crosswind. Although with those long wings you don't want to slip too close to the ground...

Regarding the "ruddervator stall" theory mentioned above, it does not make sense, since "over the fence" the amount of rudder input would be reduced, not increased. Unless that Austria pilot was switching from crab to slip at that point? The Austria may have some problem with full "rudder", but havn't heard such in the V-tail HP-14. What I did notice is that if you needed much elevator input (e.g., flaring to land, or zooming into a thermal) you couldn't have full rudder at the same time, since the two controls are mixed. Not a big problem though, just means some maneuvers take a bit more time.