B212 float test.
It is important to land vertically with as little or no forward motion as possible if the floats are released in flight. I have been told that they can be ripped of if landing with forward airspeed as they are designed to lift the helicopter up and not act as water brakes
For those that do not know. The B212 & B222 have 4 float sensors under the belly and if two of them are submerged the floats will release within 2-3 seconds automatically with the floats armed.
The floats are usually armed for take offs/ landings over water below 500´ & 50 kts.
