Need help with a helipad project

[biggjoe_3]

Hello, I am adding on to an airport with EZ scenery. I would like to add a helipad in mid air that is landable. I can put one in the air but it becomes unladable. I just fall thru the pad. I have also tried one that hangs in mid air from an oil rig. Does a helipad have to be connected to the ground in someway for the hardened surface to work? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Joe

[Scruffyduck]

The main thing is that the area of the helipad is hardened for landing.  This depends on the object that you place it on having a hardened surface to take the helipad I think.  This is set in the design tool such as GMax for example

[dave3cu]

There are several EZ-Scenery helipad object libraries available. Some have hardened (landable) pads, others require they be placed on a hardened surface (an Afcad runway or hardened structure).

Example: G. Tier's Oil Rig(s) require you create a runway surface at the pad's elevation as explained in the readme.

Hint-For any scenery object in the sim,

[biggjoe_3]

thanks for the replies guys, sorry it took me so long to get back to this.
I have finny's helipads. I tried one of the helipad towers and was good on the ground but not suspended in the air.
Joe

[dave3cu]

I've suspended a couple from each of the pad and tower groups in the package I mentioned above and all have been landable.

Are you restarting the sim after adding the objects?....

It's been a long time since I've used EZ-Scenery,

[biggjoe_3]

Hi again, sorry its taking so long to repl. we have company in town. I tried restarting the sim but it stayed the same. I will try more of the pads and see.

[dave3cu]

You are designing the airport for FS2004, not FSX, right??

If you are importing the .bgl file(s) to FSX, the objects will show in FSX but the decks will not be landable.

Dave