Thank you guys for the info. I figured it would be ok on the legal front since there are no restrictions on the map, but of course safety and caution would be of paramount importance. I’m not planning on going up high, maybe 70-80 feet tops, it’s just a nearby area for me to test the drone and get used to controls. In the years I’ve been living here I’ve never seen a helicopter actually using that helipad, so don’t know know if it’s even operational. I’ve seen a heli fly over maybe once or twice in several years, but they were wayyy up in the air and don’t think they were using the helipad, just flying over on their way to wherever they were going. There’s also a freeway very nearby and that also contributes to my intent of not going any higher than 80-ish feet.
I do have another question, Big Al since you bring up classes of airspace - on the B4UFLY app, is class G any airspace that does not have any restrictions/colored circles around it? My house and where I plan on flying have no boundaries of any kind around it, but there is a blue rectangle and an orange circle close by, maybe a mile or so away. Do I have class G correct and what class would those other ones be? B4UFLY has a legend explaining different delineations in terms of restrictions but does not explicitly state what “class,” as in the letter, the airspace circled/delineated is.