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PRODUCT DATA JANUARY 2003
EXTERNAL LIFE RAFT
[WITH DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM]
NO. 430-705-006-XXX
The External Life Raft Kit [with deployment system] provides secure stowage of for 10-place life
raft without reducing the interior volume of the passenger cabin. The kit consists of a mount and
deployment system which is built into the fuselage bulkhead just forward of the right hand pas-
senger cabin door. In the event of a water landing there are three separate means of activating
the deployment system. Activating handles are located in the cockpit (aft of the overhead con-
sole), the passenger cabin (above the raft), and on the R/H forward exterior fuselage. Each handle
is protected by a transparent break away cover.
INTERIOR VIEW EXTERIOR VIEW
ACTIVATING
HANDLES
Operating limitations for the External Life
Raft Kit are found in the FAA approved
Flight Manual Supplement BHT-430-FMS-
19. The Weight increase with the kit
installed is 46.4 kilograms (102.2
pounds).
PASSENGER DEPLOYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
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