Pilot with a steady hand

**Roverlord off road spares** · 31st August 2018, 09:56 AM

this is amazing how the copter pilot can keep a steady hand , hover over the powerlines, you wouldn't want a gust of wind though.

**DeanoH** · 31st August 2018, 01:03 PM

I wonder if the clamp device will work on poor reverse camera connections and save the expense of fricasseed Range Rover ?

Deano

**Roverlord off road spares** · 31st August 2018, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by DeanoH

I wonder if the clamp device will work on poor reverse camera connections and save the expense of fricasseed Range Rover ?

Deano

if your mate had one then his Oka wiring system wouldn't have burnt like a charcoal chicken and saved a lot of road side repairs time me thinks.

**carjunkieanon** · 2nd September 2018, 10:06 PM

So what was he doing?

And what (and why) were the risks?

**Roverlord off road spares** · 3rd September 2018, 06:54 AM

Originally Posted by carjunkieanon

So what was he doing?

And what (and why) were the risks?

Well those power lines carry very high voltage for a start, ( probllby 24000volts) he was repairing a hot spot on the cable. The risk is if a just of wind caught the helicopter and it crashed into the lines they would be dead. I'd call that a risk.

**bee utey** · 3rd September 2018, 11:15 AM

I watched one of those rigs lay some yellow plastic "eggs" on the big 275kV powerline near our house, where it spans a deep gully. Fascinating to watch the guy sitting on the outrigger cable tie the giant balls onto the line while being buffeted by chopper wash. Mind you, I doubt that the high voltage is any danger, if the chopper got tangled up with the cables, the ground below would finish them off faster than some sparks from cross flowing electrons.

**Roverlord off road spares** · 3rd September 2018, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by bee utey

I watched one of those rigs lay some yellow plastic "eggs" on the big 275kV powerline near our house, where it spans a deep gully. Fascinating to watch the guy sitting on the outrigger cable tie the giant balls onto the line while being buffeted by chopper wash. Mind you, I doubt that the high voltage is any danger, if the chopper got tangled up with the cables, the ground below would finish them off faster than some sparks from cross flowing electrons.

yes the electricity would not be a problem if there was no grounding, but a chopper getting tangled or having the rotors caught in the wires and self destructing would be pretty bad for life.

**rangieman** · 3rd September 2018, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by DeanoH

I wonder if the clamp device will work on poor reverse camera connections and save the expense of fricasseed Range Rover ?

Deano

Hence the vid

Found while googling his problem

All he needs is a pilot with a steady hand

**Old Farang** · 3rd September 2018, 06:57 PM

I was still flying helicopters when these things first started to be used. But NOT for me, although I did do some early work using IR cameras.
The advertising spiel back then was; "Your Balls Saved My Life"!

**Old Farang** · 3rd September 2018, 11:02 PM

I guess that the only advantage with this as compared to putting a bod on the line, is the fact that you can stand off a bit further. One of the biggest dangers with this type of work is having to work with whichever way the wind is blowing. As pilots we are always taught to work into the wind, especialy in regard to the tail rotor authority. But the most thing drummed into me was: "stay away from wires", and do everything into wind except pee!

They seem to mostly use Hughes 500 machines, which have good tail rotor authority, and are very maneuverable. For me, a better helicopter would be a co-axial rotor machine that does not have a tail rotor, but they are a lot more expensive to operate.

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