Headsethair - I didn't mean that having a crash entitled me to be critical of the R22, in fact the low inertia rotor head saved us from being cartwheeled around a hilltop when it rolled over - as soon as the blades hit, the engine and rotor stopped dead.
Charlie was commenting on mil pilots dislike of the R22 and concerned that none of us had actaully been in one and were therfore basing our bigotry on hearsay; I have flown it (only about 20 hours) and found it to be an underpowered, scaled-down version of a real helicopter. It's only real defence is that it is cheap (for a helicopter) to run and operate.
Your statistic of 57% of R22 accidents happening when an instructor is on board only highlights the aircraft's unsuitability for the training role - when it bites, it bites hard and any instructor intervention is wasted effort as the R22 goes into self-destruct mode.