Private Helipad

It is much more safe to get off at an angled or near the landing along a downward gradient, as the additional velocity increases the chances of a successfully shutdown in the event of motor breakdown. Generally, a helicopter port requires an eight-to-one tilt arrival and takeoff route, according to Ricarda Bennett, a lawyer who own helicopter ports Consultants of Thousand Oaks, Calif.

of the Helicopter Association International. Mr. Bennett recommended reading the FAA Advisory Circular 150-5390 (available at www.faa.gov) for details on helicopter port designs and compliance with government regulation. FAA does not forbid choppers to operate most places, so you should be able to get one in your courtyard if you can do so securely.

There' s no rule that says you gotta make a runway to get there. However, the rules stipulate that "all landings must be reported to the FAA; private and commercial use is irrelevant", says FAA airport expert Angie Muder. When you can buy a chopper, you can probably buy a helipad.

Costs for constructing an illuminated cushion of R44 Robinson light large enough for a four-seater piston-powered Robinson R44 start at about $15,000, says Tom Schuman, FEC Heliports VP of Business and General Management in Cincinnati. But he added that an aluminium roof cushion developed for a turbine-powered executive chopper with snow melting and fire-extinguishing features could be $500,000.

Perhaps you can keep the cost down by taking advantage of what's already on your ground, as well as a man who has constructed an FAA-approved helipad on his 25 acre plot in the northwest of the U.S. An exisiting leisure car park edifice and adjoining cement upholstery proved to be the ideal fit for his piston-powered heli.

This man (who asked not to be named) made his helipad FAA-compliant by building a perimeter enclosure around it and showing that the landing and takeoff routes complied with Swiss government standards. A great way to alleviate such concerns, says Bennett, is to find a way to make the helipad beneficial to the neighbourhood.

For example, in areas like Los Angeles, where there is a threat of tremors, forest fires and landslides, a heli stop in the neighbourhood might make sence. After all, a helicopter top is a clear area with secure air routes where a helicopter can be used if necessary. Bennett said so many Los Angeles districts in disaster-prone areas are difficult to access with mission cars, that a heli stop would allow a much quicker recovery.

Neighbours could be talked into tolerating casual private chopper surgeries if they can see the benefits of a heli stop, especially if it could be used not only as an escape station, but also as a location for rescue craft, she said. All of them couldn't get clearance to put his chopper on his Mercer Island, Wash.

Back yard, so he just moored his helicopter landing pad fitted boat behind his shed. You do not want to deal with the building of helicopters, the properties and the statutory provisions and do not want to worry about the issues of neighbours? When you are on the home improvement class, you are sensing for one that already has a helicopter pad. for example, a helicopter landing pad and was still on the scene for $75 million at the push of a button.

Meanwhile, a condominium in Atlanta named W Atlanta Residences provides a gateway to what its commercial sellers have claimed to be "the only high-rise apartment landing site in the southeast.