Yeah, I know. I mulled this over for about a year before deciding to go
ahead. One float deployment is a really low probablity with the AE
floats though. Theres six bags, so the more likely thing would be
loss of a single bag. I've wondered how much excess bouancy is built
into them. I figure theres a pretty good probablity that I'd wind up
upsidedown even with the popouts given their limited sea-height
efficacy, but I think I'd much rather be upsidedown 3 feet underwater
rather than 3 fathoms.

I'm just speculating, but I dont think a single float deployment would
be any more "exciting" than not having them at all. The videos Ive seen
of helicopters hitting the water without floats all got ugly pretty
quick too. If the left float failed it would result in not being able
to roll the machine to the to the right to make the transmission rip
off in the aft direction though... that might suck.


Bob wrote:
Bart... 206 floats:
Not to burst your bubble (pun intended), but always keep in mind that
planning a water landing, pulling the trigger and having inly ONE float
deploy gets exciting REALLY fast. I have seen that happen in the East River
in N.Y.C.. Upside down is an ABSOLUTE. Just another of the buzillion little
things to keep in the back of your head