My helicopter is hangared at a small "helicopter only runway" at our airport. . . . . . . . there are at least 65 turbine helicopters in that place, 6 hangars lined up on a 1/4 of a mile stretch, and NOT A SINGLE DOLLY, are they really necessary??????
Dolly's are convinient, for who? At the expense of safety?
I don't have a problem landing on them, but even with 1000's of hours one of the few times I have been close to having an accident was after I had landed on a dolly, SOMEONE FORGOT TO CHOCK THE WHEELS AND THE DOLLY STARTED ROLLING AFTER I WAS AT FLIGHT IDLE, BY THE TIME THE DOLLY STOPPED THE HELICOTER HAD STOPPED ITSELF WITH THE NOSE, AGAINST A TRACTOR!! FORTUNATELY NOT THE ROTOR AGAINST THE HANGAR.
Last edited by BlenderPilot; 21st June 2008 at 15:22.