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Video of the Heli lift from Revelstoke, Those Darn XP's, OF course Graveler Was There
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modsledr
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I just ride a trail sled. if it's not groomed, I wont touch it!! bbq on the back for snacks!!
I just ride a trail sled. if it's not groomed, I wont touch it!! bbq on the back for snacks!!
You tow a cat cutter behind you?
I just ride a trail sled. if it's not groomed, I wont touch it!! bbq on the back for snacks!!
Make sure to bring the trail sled tomorrow as I am sure that will be all we ride with the recent rain.....
Oh ya and I like lots of snacks....You just can't handle the truth can you....Mr. M6
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WARY
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We were loading a net full of 200 pound crash test dummies and some gear up the mountain doing some avalanche testing a few years back near Revelstoke. Our man on the hill attached the net to the hovering chopper (gee, kind of looked like THAT chopper) and waved the pilot off. The long line went taught and the 1000 pounds of gear pulled out of the snow and started lifting up.
Our hill man is an Alaska heli-ski guide so he never takes his eyes off the bird until its off and away. So he's backing uphill in the blizzard caused by the chopper blades when the load lets go about 30 feet off the ground. Half a ton of gear lands just feet away from him. If he hadn't started backing up as the gear pulled out of the snow he would be dead. The pilot (looked a lot like THAT pilot) said there was a malfunction in the auto-release mechanism.
If you get your sled pulled by a helicoptor, watch yourself.....
Our hill man is an Alaska heli-ski guide so he never takes his eyes off the bird until its off and away. So he's backing uphill in the blizzard caused by the chopper blades when the load lets go about 30 feet off the ground. Half a ton of gear lands just feet away from him. If he hadn't started backing up as the gear pulled out of the snow he would be dead. The pilot (looked a lot like THAT pilot) said there was a malfunction in the auto-release mechanism.
If you get your sled pulled by a helicoptor, watch yourself.....
Good point. I have heard the pilot has a trigger right on his controls, if there is something he doesn't like he can cut it loose. What I guess can happen is the load can twist up so much it will want to turn the chopper too, and then the only way to save it is to release the load. That happen to a friend of mine that was flying some quads into a site in a platform deal with other stuff in there as well. The load twisted up and the pilot let it go from about 1000 feet up. I guess there is a little parachute they can drag from the load to prevent twisting but the pilot didn't use one that day. Those quads were so demolished that you could hardly recognize they were quads, but to his surprise they still ran. If I remember right he said the helicopter company is not liable for the damages and his company had to claim it on there insurance.
So I guess if your flying your turbo $20K sled out you might want to ask the chopper company a few questions.
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Two things happend during this little stunt....
The first landing was not on level ground and the tail rotor dropped into the snow and the pilot jumped on the stick right away and pulled it out. I thought we were going to need to make another phone call at the time.
Second, we tracked up the level area so the pilot would get a good sense of where the bottom was... Graveler went out to the point so the pilot could land.. (which the first time he decided to land in a different spot) and the pilot dropped it 5 feet in front of him... Graveler hit the deck as the blades were tilted down at that point and the bird was nose down for a few seconds... He did need a haircut but didn't want one that way.
The first landing was not on level ground and the tail rotor dropped into the snow and the pilot jumped on the stick right away and pulled it out. I thought we were going to need to make another phone call at the time.
Second, we tracked up the level area so the pilot would get a good sense of where the bottom was... Graveler went out to the point so the pilot could land.. (which the first time he decided to land in a different spot) and the pilot dropped it 5 feet in front of him... Graveler hit the deck as the blades were tilted down at that point and the bird was nose down for a few seconds... He did need a haircut but didn't want one that way.
you should never be under a suspended load of any kind, especially one under a Heli!!! power loss or a rope, cable and chain all can fail at anytime!!!
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