Now look you guys, you are giving Gimble Stop a hard time when he is asking a perfectly reasonable and sensible question.
Gimble Stop
I would suggest using a Robinson R 44 Float equipped with a dual hoist and autohover as a minimum.
Your crew and equipment list should be:
R 44 (the twin engined one)
Floats (contained in the undercarriage doors)
Dual Hoist (2 different types otherwise they could both fail due to the same problem)
HUMS
HOMP
Additional PFD screen with TCAS overlay
Autohover (Honeywell SPZ 7600 should be ok)
2 Crewmen should be in the aircraft at any one time (one for each hoist)
EGPWS would be useful as well
Crashworthy seating for all crew and passengers (in case you do joy flights when not rescuing people)
Sponson fuel tanks with long range aux fuel would be useful as well.
Now, if you can put the aircraft on the USA (N) register, there is no monthly flight hour limit so your crews can fly up to 8 hours (single pilot) and 10 hours (2 pilot). However, Single pilot ops would probably keep your costs down.
Maintenance costs are minimal on the twin engined R44 because it only has to be overhauled avery 2000 hours or so.
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HH
I hope this helps
