Wow!!!!! Whatever they are making on this job, it ain't enough!..(the guys in the tube)! Wonder how a 40 or 80 M 3 el would do at this height? Big congrats to the pilot, but I sure would not want to
160m vertical on top of a 200m tall building???? I'd love it! 73 Don N8DE Wow!!!!! Whatever they are making on this job, it ain't enough!..(the guy?s in the tube)! Wonder how a 40 or 80 M 3 el would
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 03:24:50 -0400
That pipe/mast appears to be a lot more sturdy than towers. You should try sitting out on the skid shooting photos. 73 Roger (K8RI) I'd love it! 73 Don N8DE Quoting Don W7WLL <w7wll@arrl.net>: Wow!!!
The guys on that video were at least somewhat protected inside the tube. Some years back, they erected a 964' lattice type tower in sections using a Sikorsky Sky Crane in Cincinnati. https://en.wikip
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:51:49 -0400
Note the alignment cables. With shorter and less massive sections they might not use them, but with those massive pipe sections they had what appeared to be maybe 1" cables through 2 or more bolt hol
I worked at a factory in IL and we had to evacuate the building when the helicopter came to install A/C units on top of the building. John KK9A I watched Sky-Cranes set the massive air conditioners a
Author: Kevin Kidd <kkbroadcastengineering@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 08:35:23 -0500
A Sky-Crane was setting HVAC units on a nearby factory using what appeared to be an overly long cable. We got really concerned when the chopper started wobbling and gyrating around and quickly droppe
Gents: When I worked for an electric utility in PA back in the 80s, our Sr VP in charge of coffee and donuts asked us in the R&D group to look into using this http://www.piasecki.com/heavylift_pa97.p
Author: K7LXC--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 17:15:14 -0400
helicopter to hold it steady while they bolted the sections together! One little shift in the wind..... Well, it's not quite that bad. The guys on the tower are the ones with control over the load w
Author: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 21:56:10 -0500
In the USAF my job allowed me a couple hours stick time per quarter in the aircraft whose pilots I trained on an instrument trainer/flight sim. I had a few rotor heads as students. Without autopilot
Author: "J. Hunt via TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 17:19:19 -0700
The Pilot and Co-Pilot are very skilled. They appear to be in their 50's - 60's. All pilots required to have annual DOT physicals and certifications. Yes I would trust my life on those older pilots,