A side point, is it a good idea anyway to pop the foats in such conditions to "cushion" impact?
The pop-out floats inflate above and outside the skids, so on a vertical fall you'd still hit straight on the skids. A sideways impact would be much the same as there's no sideways support for the floats and they'd just push out of the way. You'd still end up with main contact on the skids in an impact of any magnitude.