I have scoured the web this morning, and can't find any phot's of winch & floats fitted to the same 350 of any derivative - what I do know for sure is that the skid protectors I've seen on 350 winch cabs are always marked and scored, and as all 350 float systems fit to the outboard of the skids, the bags are going to be pretty much knackered after a few winch lifts.
In my time around 350's (which admittedly is limited to the UK), I have yet to see anything but the one piece version, and I cannot visualise how a multi-piece set-up would fit, there is just no way of fitting it?
On the subject of SE winching, if the H&S mad UK military do it, then I for one think it's more than acceptable - then again the UK MIL also perform SE IFR flights, they must be barmy, they must have a massive death wish..............or is EASA stuck in the dark ages? Thread drift, sorry!
