Oct 11th, 2009
Extractable helideck
We finally found an elegant and safe solution to create even more space on our helideck in our effort to comply with the latest CAP 437 (North Sea off-shore helicopter operation guidelines) and MCA guidelines on helipads. Although we are not required to comply on a private yacht, and we already had an acceptable clearance, the solution shown below makes a good thing even better.
As you can see, the deck extracts almost 3 meters (10 ft.) allowing sufficient rotor tip clearance. Our situation is shown in the drawing below. Even when landing partly outside the forward area of the ‘H’-circle (1/2 D) we’re still OK.
By the way, after a lot of consulting with experts and pilots, the helicopter we plan to have on board eventually will be a Eurocopter EC130B4. It allows the best guest experience, is silent, safe and has great capacity.
