We peacefully coexist at our field too. The way our field is laid out the heli pilots have an area in the grass to fly from and it works really well for to practice hovering or for basic flying. The more advanced heli pilots will fly out over the runway, but it's not usually a problem because most of us enjoy watching the show!! Until recently though I didn't understand why they needed the runway since they could take off in the grass. I finally asked one of them and he told me that they like to use the straight runway as a reference point for their maneuvers they fly. Ok, now that I know why it doesn't bother me anymore!!!

Ken