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The S-92 doesn’t have a PC1 profile for an elevated helipad within a hostile congested environment. If the weight limit was in, it could physically land on it, but not legally due to the lack of profile. Of course, a profile could be written and test flown, but all costs $$$..
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But the military 139’s will continue to provide a contracted paid commercial hems and non primary med transfer service despite not being EASA compliant, legally able or even insured to do so. So rules are breakable in some cases just when it suits.
All that’s required is an extra graph to calculate horizontal distance to achieve Vtoss from TDP and then the existing ‘elevated helideck profile without exposure’ (PC2e) graphs could be used to fly PC1. The missing element now is the ability to demonstrate obstacle clearance because you can’t work out where to start using the climb gradient figures for the 1st and 2nd segments . I was asking for this 12 years ago for the same purpose....
