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Old 31st Jan 2015, 11:40
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sloanemallorca
 
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Water Clearance
The R44 with fixed floats:

Depends on float PSI and aircraft weight, but will sink pretty low, when heavy it will sink well past the black area on the floats, leaving just a couple of inches, at best, between belly and water.

Here: R44 Clipper II, 2 POB, 1/2 Fuel, around 3 PSI.

http://www.sloanemallorca.com/assets...gallery/68.jpg
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