Five hundred thousand dollars for a four-seat helicopter should be impossible to buy. The price of the most common light helicopter, and that's for a bare-bones helicopter, plus insurance, license and all that, must add up to more than $2 million.
If it is a miniature helicopter with only one seat, you can have a private helicopter for 400,000 yuan. According to the policy, buyers of such light helicopters are not required to obtain a license to fly freely.
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The helicopter's distinguishing feature is that it can be made to fly at low altitude (a few meters above the ground), Low speed (from hover) and the nose direction of the constant maneuvering flight, especially in a small area of the site can be vertical takeoff and landing. Because of these features make it has a broad use and development prospects.
In the military aspect, it has been widely used in ground attack, airborne landing, weapons transportation, logistical support, battlefield rescue, reconnaissance patrol, command and control, communication, anti-submarine mine clearance, electronic countermeasures, etc.. In civilian use, it has been applied to short-distance transportation, medical care, disaster relief, emergency rescue, lifting equipment, geological exploration, forest protection and fire-fighting, and aerial photography. The transportation of personnel and materials between oil wells and bases at sea is an important aspect of civil use.
Current helicopters relative to fixed-wing aircraft, vibration and noise, maintenance and repair workload, the use of higher costs, lower speed, shorter range. The future direction of helicopter development is to improve in these areas.
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