Originally Posted by
helipixman
How are you moving it on and off the ship ? Ground handling wheels ? Or is it on some form of trailer ?
Just asking because if you have a trailer, Knokke Heliport is about 5km from Zeebrugge Port.
ground handling wheels on and off the ship. We are fabricating a tow bar to strap down next to the blade box.
the EC135 was previously based on a superyacht, going back to join its’ new ship, so it has all the hard points and tie down points already for securing.
Someone on here was nice enough to PM me the link to the form and email of the harbor master for permission. So that looks like my first step.
ive done this with B412’s before, just not in Europe. The actual logistics is the easy part, it’s the permission that is my only concern.
Worse case if we get hamstrung we can just put it on a truck at the other end and drive it to the nearest approved airport/heliport, but that just adds unnecessary weak links for possible damage.
i appreciate the posts here and the PM’s with advice so far.