Bent skids was a euphemism. The rest was pretty bent as well. R of D was about 1800 fpm. The initial pull resulted in a bit of shuddering as per VR, then it impacted. No it didn't hurt (much), which is a tribute to the vertical impact absorption of the R22. I seem to remember a video somewhere of an R22 drop test where they hoisted it up on crane and turned it loose. It seemed to be pretty well OK afterwards although the skids spread to a lot and then sprung back. It is diagonal loads as in touchdowns with drift that R22's don't seem to like too much.