Boney Posted June 7, 2007 Author Posted June 7, 2007 owdo, no probs hammy, was not looking for a definitive answer just some suggestions and advice Boney Quote
lukeyboy Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 If it's only for emergencies I wouldn't worry too much. You need to be looking for no large trees, poles or overhead cables and enough area between the buildings to prevent rotor wash. At the end of the day the pilot will make the final decision to take it in or not. Normally though helicopters don't particularly like to land or take off completely vertical (especially if they loose turbine power as they drop like a brick), but it can be done. Another reason for leaving plenty of space is if things start to go wrong they will need an escape route to get some forward air speed (same for taking off with weight on board too). Be careful that the pad is not too close to any units as I have seen them lift roof's and push in the big warehouse sliding doors. My mate can land his on a postage stamp, we wanted to fly down to the factory but they weren't too keen on us landing in the industrial estate - spoilsports. Would have saved us loads of time compared to driving down, helipad is a handy thing to have! Another friend flew his into a new Tesco's to pick up some builders that were working there, they even removed several of the new lamp columns so he could land Quote
KerryS Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 I can't believe that a thread on helicopter landing pads has run to two pages on a Westfield forum Versatile lot we are Quote
D1cky Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 Forget the helo get a Harrier, I bought a T8 in work for £10k when the sea harriers went out of service. No big rotor blades to get in the way, just look at some pictures of Harriers landing on our carriers. They aint big!! It is not servicable anymore as we used it for parts but it flew in!! even if it were an emergancy vehicle I don't fancy being sat on a winch below it. Sorry if slightly off topic, I blame the Cabernet Sauvignon! Quote
Westy1700 Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 5' 6" Not wishing to be rude BUT...I'd seek advice through some other channel - There must be codes about this.... When it goes pointy bits up & your boss sez "where did you get the info ?" do you really want to say "Hammy on The WSCC forum said 5' 6" would be ok" ................... Sorry but you'd probably get fired if your boss sees you using this route to get data........................ Hammy, you probably have a point - but the advise was sound - get professional advice .... personally i can land on a space of around 12" square all day long and with a rotor span of 1420mm clearance is not an issue....but as with your own model aircraft about as useful for carrying real life passengers as a hole in the head... Quote
peter pan Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 Westy Even with a rotor span of 1450mm there can be problems (especially if you make the mistake of starting a model helicopter up in ones bedroom, thinking it would be `allright' for a little up/down hover practice, like my mate) He has still got the scars to show that it wasnt his brightest idea! Quote
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