Amazon Helicopter buying

[luxurycat]

Due to the update I sold my sole helicopter and wanted to replace it with a sparrow. Should be no big deal. Well, it turns out, that it is a huge problem. When purchasing the sparrow I am getting the message

But my helicopter pad is empty!
And I have no other helicopter stored elsewhere.

 

[luxurycat]

Problem solved, even if I do not agree with the developers decision.

 

[Teboho]

You have to sell a higher level pad then buy a lower level pad, then and only then you buy the lower level helicopter. In my book this is the definition of cumbersome.

 

[PLMerry]

Helicopters can only use the pad of the same level as the helicopter. Sparrow - pad level 1; Crossbill - pad level 2; Goldfinch - pad level 3

 

[ArGi1981]

For future reference, the heli-pads are for one type of heli's only. So heli lvl 1 is for Sparrow only, lvl 2 is for Crossbill only (no Sparrows allowed), and lvl3 is for Goldfinch only (no Sparrows or Crossbill allowed). This is indeed different than landing strips and planes.