MarcoRossolini Posted December 12, 2013 Posted December 12, 2013 I'd hate to be a passenger... I can feel that Christmas tree pulling him forward...
HeavyCavalrySgt Posted December 12, 2013 Posted December 12, 2013 I have participated in my share of VERTREPs (from the deck!), but this is pretty impressive! I wonder if doing something like this after working with heavier loads and heavier helicopters with pickups and deliveries to targets that are moving in all three dimensions is almost easy. Gotta admire the efficiency of people running small aviation businesses.
Creepermoss Posted December 13, 2013 Posted December 13, 2013 Fake. Not fake in the least, I've seen this farm during harvest, as it lies between my home, and where my Grandparents lived when I was young. We'd drive by this same farm on our way to visit on Thanksgiving and a few days prior to Christmas, and we used to stop to watch (because it's a guy harvesting trees with a helicopter, which was very cool in my 8 year old mind). If this is the same pilot that was doing this in the mid 80's, he has close to 30 years worth of practice.
HeavyCavalrySgt Posted December 13, 2013 Posted December 13, 2013 Not fake in the least, I've seen this farm during harvest, as it lies between my home, and where my Grandparents lived when I was young. We'd drive by this same farm on our way to visit on Thanksgiving and a few days prior to Christmas, and we used to stop to watch (because it's a guy harvesting trees with a helicopter, which was very cool in my 8 year old mind). If this is the same pilot that was doing this in the mid 80's, he has close to 30 years worth of practice. It is Dan Clark, from Northwest Helicopters out of Olympia Heliport in Olympia Washington.
VBF-12_Stick-95 Posted December 13, 2013 Posted December 13, 2013 Wow, I wouldn't have guessed that it could be cost effective to do by helicopter.
HeavyCavalrySgt Posted December 13, 2013 Posted December 13, 2013 Wow, I wouldn't have guessed that it could be cost effective to do by helicopter. Probably only if you do it fast!
Skoshi_Tiger Posted December 13, 2013 Posted December 13, 2013 They're cheating! They have obviously turned the Vortex Ring State off! Seriously now, it's a great display of flying skill demonstrated there!
Fifi Posted December 13, 2013 Posted December 13, 2013 (edited) Not fake in the least, I've seen this farm during harvest, as it lies between my home, and where my Grandparents lived when I was young. We'd drive by this same farm on our way to visit on Thanksgiving and a few days prior to Christmas, and we used to stop to watch (because it's a guy harvesting trees with a helicopter, which was very cool in my 8 year old mind). If this is the same pilot that was doing this in the mid 80's, he has close to 30 years worth of practice. Not saying the pilot skill is fake, just the video. To me it's the same first flight all over again. But i might be wrong though. Edited December 13, 2013 by Fifi
HeavyCavalrySgt Posted December 14, 2013 Posted December 14, 2013 Not saying the pilot skill is fake, just the video. To me it's the same first flight all over again. But i might be wrong though. Northwest Helicopter does this a lot. They have a kind of an interesting history - a lot of forestry, a lot of fire fighting, a lot of great demonstrations at air shows.
SimFreak Posted December 15, 2013 Posted December 15, 2013 http://www.wimp.com/pilotinertia/ When sling loads are added, you will be able to do that in DCS.
SOLIDKREATE Posted December 17, 2013 Posted December 17, 2013 Props to pilot. All joking aside from my previous post, yes this a BAMP. 'P' is for pilot in that sentence. I really believe this man is a ex-military pilot or he was part of a demonstration team. Or he has just been doing this longer than most of us have been on the earth. None the less this person is amazing and really shows what a human being can do.
HagarTheHorrible Posted December 17, 2013 Author Posted December 17, 2013 I don't know how it loads up, but if he's using a guy on the ground then that guy deserves a medal as well. One false slip, get caught on the net and "Up up and away". Elf and safety it isn't.
HeavyCavalrySgt Posted December 17, 2013 Posted December 17, 2013 I don't know how it loads up, but if he's using a guy on the ground then that guy deserves a medal as well. One false slip, get caught on the net and "Up up and away". Elf and safety it isn't. It looks like they are using the same sort of sling connection that gets used for military loads, and I have seen used for firefighting applications as well. The guy on the ground has a long pole with a loop on the end, ad the helicopter comes along, he reaches up and slips the loop on a hook on the helicopter and stands back. The other end of the pole is attached to the cable that is attached to the load.
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