New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
Hi folks,
Hope this is in the right place and that I'm not breaking any rules of the forum. Here's a link to some video footage of new sections of the Mast at Emley Moor being lifted into place. Might be of interest to some of the community here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4mN45E9lRM Video was shot and posted by Lee Collins. |
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How annoying. I have clear LOS and missed it. >((
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Impressive - lots of guy wires to avoid too. Is the lattice coming down soon then? It's a bit far from us to see any action, clear view but just a matchstick on the horizon...
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Very impressive helicopter piloting.
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Looks quite a blustery day too.
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Weren't they looking for bids for the lattice mast last year?
Russian twin-rotor helicopter... no little windmill on the tail, very stable. It did a good job and was well-piloted. David |
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There's a second Youtube video, showing about 5 minutes of action in real time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN2cMdi3qv8, where the skill of the pilot is even more apparent (helicopter being Swiss-owned).
Hat's off to all involved :clap:. When you drive north up the M1, there's that magical point a little north of Sheffield when Emley appears on the horizon, and you then know that you are definitely back in God's own country :wave:. B |
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Engineering at it's best.
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That was darn impressive, even more so to me, or anyone with a bit of "stick time" in helicopters, it looks so easy from the ground! I wonder what the accuracy needed to plonk those bits down was?
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That's a cute piece of filming.
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The positioning was good to about ±2"; how does the pilot do that? You wouldn't see much through the floor, cameras on the underside would only give a rough view from, what, 100 ft above. Most of the sections were hollow so I should think there was a camera at the hook on which the straps were hooked
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There are fancy autopilots for helicopters doing construction and rescue work that will hold the aircraft fairly still in 4 dimensions, with controls to allow vernier movements. Still takes a skilled pilot to be able to get them into position in the first place and to handle things if they disengage.
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Fancying taking out a medium wave licence?
David |
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Note now the sudden appearance of tag lines at around the 3:59 mark - the rather disconcerting bit where the guy ducked under the load to attach them has been cut! Cheers |
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