They dont use the waterbird for anything other than this evolution. It is a vastly modified bird having a load of stuff stripped out and maskers everywhere!
The lake is freshwater too meaning the cab will still be flyable a month later!
The real aircraft would take onboard about a ton of water every 10 minutes because it leaks like a seive.
Once the 'stab' fails (light in cockpit extinguishes) you are stuffed as there is so much water in the nose bay/avionics that the CofG is out of limits (remember that Mil8 take off video where he tries tog et airborne with an out of limit fwd cofG?)
I can't recall any modern helos built to take off again from the water. Its become an anachronism. Once ditched -stay ditched! Mind you it would probably cause more problems launching after "hitting" the water......who knows what you have done to the tail rotor or drive train......and you don't want to know seconds after lifting
It is a rare step back to the time when flying was really fun
I'm glad it still goes on and the experience one achieves from doing it - will live with you forever.
Um lifting - you joking or what???? Whats an S62
