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RFM Supplement to the MD Helicopters, Inc. 600N

Flight Manual for the Installation of the

Apical Emergency Floats

2608 Temple Heights Dr. STC No. SR 00471LA

Oceanside, California 92056

Supplement FMS-600(1)

FAA Approved: 16 May 2006 Page 3 of 9

SECTION II LIMITATIONS

General

Water landings have not been demonstrated.

Type of Operation

The emergency floats shall be used only for emergency landings.

Take off after a water ditching is prohibited.

If a power on emergency landing was executed, the reason for the emergency

landing is corrected, and inspection of the rotorcraft reveals no damage, then

operation with the Emergency Floats inflated is permitted for flight to a

servicing facility for repacking and recharging of the system. The ferrying

airspeed is limited to 100 KIAS.

In inspection of the electrical and mechanical components in the lower fuselage

and pilot static system must be conducted after water landings.

Night flight over water beyond autorotational capability to the ground is

prohibited unless the 369D292032 Float Lamp Assembly is installed.

Altitude Limitations

The maximum altitude for inflation is 6,600 ft above the landing surface.

Airspeed Limitations

Maximum airspeed with the floats stowed: no change

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