Jaw dropping Emerates advertising stunt not for the faint hearted

[bob10]

And no CGI involved. Whatever they paid her wasn't enough.



Emirates' terrifying stunt from 'on top of the world' (thenewdaily.com.au) (https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/good-news/2021/08/09/emirates-top-of-world-stunt/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PM%20Extra%20-%2020210809)

[Tins]

And no CGI involved. Whatever they paid her wasn't enough.



Emirates' terrifying stunt from 'on top of the world' (thenewdaily.com.au) (https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/good-news/2021/08/09/emirates-top-of-world-stunt/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PM%20Extra%20-%2020210809)

All the UAE money wouldn't get me to stand up there.

[SBD4]

And no CGI involved. Whatever they paid her wasn't enough.



Emirates' terrifying stunt from 'on top of the world' (thenewdaily.com.au) (https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/good-news/2021/08/09/emirates-top-of-world-stunt/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PM%20Extra%20-%2020210809)
Nope, nope, nope!

[gusthedog]

I'd do it. I love heights. She'd have a harness on. How'd she get up there? I want to see that one!

[350RRC]

.............. She'd have a harness on. How'd she get up there? I want to see that one!

The heli dropped her on the flagpole. [bigwhistle]

[Bulletman]

I seen a doco on the making of that tower and people hanging from slings working just below where she is standing. If you have a close look there is a pole of some kind behind her but still very amazing feat.

On the doco they climbed a ladder up the inside and come out a hatch win the top, I assume that’s how she got there. I forget how many steps it was straight up but enough to know you need to be very fit not to mention the no fear of heights.

Bulletman

[windsock]

I wonder how many metres that top platform thing moves horizontally at 800 or so metres on the vertical. Anyone know if there is any horizontal movement up there?

[Saitch]

I wonder how many metres that top platform thing moves horizontally at 800 or so metres on the vertical. Anyone know if there is any horizontal movement up there?

I do know that, in a reasonable breeze, the Murgon water tower sways a brick and a half, measured off the old Commonwealth Bank building, when looking from the top of the tower. This was in 1975, though.

[V8Ian]

I wonder how many metres that top platform thing moves horizontally at 800 or so metres on the vertical. Anyone know if there is any horizontal movement up there?
There would have to be horizontal movement, or it would snap like a gingernut biscuit.
I'd be up for it, I love heights too.

[Tins]

https://youtu.be/HagU3vUp0Ck

[BradC]

I wonder how many metres that top platform thing moves horizontally at 800 or so metres on the vertical. Anyone know if there is any horizontal movement up there?

Quite a lot from memory, but relatively slowly. I had a coffee with one of the structural guys early on in the design who showed me a model and I recall thinking "You'll never get me up there".

[bob10]

This is how they did it.

We're on top of the world | Behind the scenes | Emirates Airline - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HagU3vUp0Ck)

[gusthedog]

You guys been up the Gloucester Tree in WA? I started up that one in what was a little bit of wind at ground level. As I got to the top she was moving over a metre each way into the wind and back with gusts. Had to change the undies when I got down!

Gloucester Tree | Explore Parks WA | Parks and Wildlife Service (https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/gloucester-tree)

[ramblingboy42]

I spent a bit of my time installing lifts.

When we were building 120 Collins in Melbourne we tried a laser to plumb the shafts but couldn't use it due to the sway of the building especially when a crane took a load.

We went back to conventional plumb lines and learnt very quickly to respect the plumb line integrity . If you broke a line it was a nightmare of tangled wire depending where on the 65 floors you were located.

It was also pretty scary looking down the full length of the shaft. I respected heights shall I say.