I was taking my checkride in an R22 a couple of months ago and the examiner said he was 235 lbs. The max psgr weight is 240 and when I saw him for the first time the morning of the checkride I wasn't sure what to say. Helluva nice guy, but I'd have guessed somewhere between 250-270 lbs. We strapped in and the poor machine struggled to lift its skids, max manifold pressure, and I didn't waste any time getting forward movement. We went through a few maneuvers and when it was time for the simulated engine failure we dropped like a rock. I pulled back on the cyclic, and back, and back. "whoa, fella!"