Ground Effect

[matador]

Thanks a lot Dave and all, it looks that actually there isn't a simple answer for that.
Buen vuelo

[PT6ER]

Ground effect over water

I was just reading an article in this months Rotor and Wing about float training in R44s.

The statement was made that you do not get ground effect over water but I always thought that was why Jonathan Livingston Seagull and his bigger buddies flew within a wingspan or so of the waves.

Can any of you knowledgable types out there set me straight?

[dragman]

You'll always get an element of ground effect over water, except if you're taking water samples in an R22 near christchurch.

[Gordy]

Spent many hours of low level work with fixed floats on a jetranger--and YES, you benefit from ground effect.