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Helipad parking

lordofwings

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How is a helipad parking done? I placed a Helipad on my airport but apparently I also need to place a parking spot on top of it for it to show in the selection of parkings.

However, since it is a helipad does one still has to attach the helipad parking place to a taxiway?

And... is there a COPTER PARKING in FS? I do not see it in the list of parking types in FSX Planner.
 
Place a Start over the helipad. Make sure to give it a start type of Helipad and a runway number of 00 or similar that is not a runway number for any other runway or helipad. Helipads are not generally attached to the taxiway network - helicopters do not usually taxi :)

There is no Helicopter parking spot. you created it when creating the Helipad,
 
You are correct about the placement Jon and no connection to a taxiway in FS (unless you wish to use AI helicopters). Progressive taxi will show the route to the runway even without a taxiway.

However:

scruffyduck said:
helicopters do not usually taxi :)
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That is not strictly true, if you visit Aberdeen you will see all helicopters "hover-taxi" to the active.

George
 
That is not strictly true, if you visit Aberdeen you will see all helicopters "hover-taxi" to the active.
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Yeah - I figured saying that would get me in trouble after I posted :)
 
Yup some helis do taxi by hovering and some even have some sort of small wheels on the front of their "skates" or at least I recall having seen so.

Thanks for the information on helipads, that was nowhere to be found and I will correct my helipad. That is a good FAQ entry IMHO.
 
Funny thing happenned with my helipad now that I made it like this:

Altitude: 33' (same as airport flatten)
Heading: 175*
Type: HELIPAD
Number: 00
Designator: NONE

When I select the flight I can choose the HELIPAD instead of a runway or parking spot, so far so good. But then when I press FLY NOW and the thing loads then my helicopter is shown splashing in the water! the closest water area is some 80 feet north of the helipad.

I just can't understand this FSX, you design airports and it FSX does what it wants, design scenery spending hours on end adjusting landclasses which never match up with the real thing (trees that are larger than life) and then FSX does what it wants not showing the areas you marked as towns, not showing the houses you placed, showing "white coral beaches" as some muddy brown areas and well, sometimes totally disregarding that you placed a forest there!. FSX has a mind of its own.
 
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