§23.751 Main float buoyancy.

(a) Each main float must have-- [(1) A buoyancy of 80 percent in excess of the buoyancy required by that float to support its portion of the maximum weight of the seaplane or amphibian in fresh water; and (2) Enough watertight compartments to provide reasonable assurance that the seaplane or amphibian will stay afloat without capsizing if any two compartments of the main floats are flooded.] (b) Each main float must contain at least four watertight compartments approximately equal in volume.