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Some time later, he attempts a single-engine takeoff
Doesn't make much sense that, how can he take off if the engine has already failed
ONE engine out of two failed! So an SEWTO ( Single Engine Water Take Off ) would eventually be possible. The danish and canadians practised that for training even with a real helicopter ( Seaking/ S61 ) and it works fine. It was a standard procedure during our simulatortraining on the Seaking.
After reducing the weight to the calculated SEWTO weight Speedselector full forward, gain max. waterspeed ( approx. 15 kts ) and pull collective to min. NR.
skadi