Originally Posted by
pineteam
I’m not a chopper pilot and just wondering since this helicopter obviously landed very hard. Do you guys have any G load measurement equipment like on aircraft?
Not on an aircraft like this, but a larger more sophisticated aircraft would have an FDR, with input from the AHRS, and it would be possible to determine the g encountered. All aircraft will have a maintenance inspection procedure for hard landings in their maintenance manuals, though.
On this topic, I have also seen video on social media (but can't locate it now) that appears to show the same aircraft doing a skids change in the hover, in a different location. The inference being they took off after this event and flew somewhere else!