SLOW TAXI- To taxi a float plane at low power or low RPM.
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(See SYSTEM STRATEGIC NAVIGATION.) ...
Slow to very slow taxiing
Keep weight off nose wheel
Avoid downwind taxiing
Consider not retracting gear.
If you use heater, open the air vents.
Avoid snow and ice when landing
Reduce takeoff roll by using flaps
Stay in ground effect until Vx.
I took them out to the 200-foot wide grass runway, as long as the wind was favorable, and told them to do a slow taxi the full length of the runway. Most of these new people ended up using almost all of the real estate from side to side.
  
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