Amazing stuff, TwinHueyMan, this must go a long way to help trust the machine. Was the machine salvagable, or are you not able to give details?
Actually, touching on discussion with MG, i am curious what say an S-70 is designed to withstand and fly away from. I would imagine so many "hard landings" will be factored into the fatigue life (Miner's law for fatigue calcs). In theory as long as component doesn't yield, it still has some service life. In practice even with some damage a component may not actually start to crack (as long as damage does not cause stress concentration).
Mart