Originally Posted by
Jelico
We happily hot refuel a 355 F model almost every day. No more risky than the 206 in my opinion. Biggest risk is flying off with the fuel caps sitting in the step. The good news is that when (not if) you do it, as long as you stay in balance it will still be there when you land haha.
I have had to purchase many fuel caps for the AS355, its amazing that they have never flown into the tail rotor after somebody accidentally leaves them in the step hole after refuelling (engine running or not). Normally always the rear tank cap, and not many came back after flights unless they were put in the mrgb decking step.
The step is perfect to leave luggage bay keys and fuel caps in, and its where you have left the float pip pins......when removing the floats.