Off track slightly but still talking about overloaded R44s, I've been looking for a web video of a 44, somewhere in eastern Europe I believe (?) where a rather large gent gets strapped in the front seat of a 44 for a scenic flight.
The machine gets airborne and is immediately and clearly trying to fly with the C of G well forward of where it ought to be. They stagger around in a partially controlled hover taxi for a short time before the pilot plonks it down in a building site straddling a few courses of masonry blocks and no doubt doing some damage.
To top it off, the ground crew come running over to unload the passenger and the pilot gets airborne without so much as a look over the aircraft.
If anyone has a link to that it would be appreciated. Cheers.