Originally Posted by
Hughes500
We are lucky and unlucky over here. EG we can land anywhere as long as we have landowners permission ( unless a single in a congested area ) our 500 ft rule is 500 ft away not above . But single engine public transport we have to have eg for a 500 263m in front of us ( distance fully loaded to get to vy ) with no obstacles in first 1/3 then after that the obstacle can be frangible ( ie one can crash through it ) Basically makes a single engine helicopter for public transport pointless , which was why I questioned the video with a single doing a vertical take off , a real no no in UK
Why not keep the B3, use the exposure limit, then you can go straight up? No messing about with these stupid distances 👍