Methods and apparatus for registering parameters of the rotating blades

A blade (112) configured for mounting to a rotor (108) is provided. The blade (112) includes at least one sensor (300) operatively coupled to a data acquisition device (302) also on the blade, the at least one sensor is configured to transfer blade acceleration date to the date acquitsition device, the data acquisition device is configured to generate a signal representative of the data received from the at least one sensor and transmit the signal to a control system (500), and the control system is configured to control blade loads using the signal.