Most of my hard crashes have happened so fast I don't think I would have had time to hit the bailout because I wasn't able to hit throttle hold prior to piling it in. I think for it to be a benefit to me, I would have to go with something like the Skookum SK720 with the GPS module or the DJI Naza-H that one can set a hard deck to not go below. I may be wrong, though. Without trying it I couldn't truly say whether or not I would be able to hit the switch in time.