The floats are remarkabley robust. I had a set blow (365N2) on rotation from the Piper B. There was a "bang" and there they were. I flew to the Tharos our base alongside and landed on for advice from the company! I kept running as the nose bag kept the nosewheel clear of the deck and I didn't want to risk ground resonance on the helideck. It was decided to fly back to Aberdeen below 90kts which was our max arm float speed. All went well - if noisy! Arrived back in Aberdeen to Be met by most of the hangar watching and being cleared to taxi in by ATC. That would have ruined the floats. On carefully shutting down it was found that the floats were as hard as ever!
HF