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Re: [TowerTalk] Steady Hand On The Stick Wow!!!!!

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Steady Hand On The Stick Wow!!!!!
From: "J. Hunt via TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Reply-to: "J. Hunt" <ki5dq@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 17:19:19 -0700
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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, much more so compared to a 
someone in their 20's or 30's. 
I am a veteran Tower Dog (still active) and would not hesitate a moment to be 
one of the guys within the mono-pole tube.

Any static build up between the helicopter and mono-pole is discharged through 
the out-reached grappling hook touching the dangling alignment cables.  This 
allows safe electrical discharge.  The grappling hook is electrically bounded 
to the mono-pole.

This is an excellent video from the technical side, displaying some of the huge 
dangers of this profession.

Thanks n 73,
James Hunt
ki5dq

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On Fri, 9/25/15, K7LXC--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Steady Hand On The Stick Wow!!!!!
 To: towertalk@contesting.com
 Date: Friday, September 25, 2015, 4:15 PM
 
 >  I cannot imagine being up on that partially built tower depending on  a  
 >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 which is in equilibrium. All  you have to do is push  or 
pull the load up or down or sideways and that's what  it does. It's  pretty 
easy - assuming of course that the helo isn't gyrating a  lot. 
  
     A potential problem is that the slung load  will build up a static  charge 
due to the large amount of air blowing by it. 
 If you don't dissipate the  charge, you'll get a real jolt. A local guy 
grabbed  the load without  discharging it and it knocked him out. Maybe it was 
his head  hitting the tower  but the end result was the same. 
  
     Fifteen or 20 years ago a small one rented for $450  an hour. I'll  
guarantee it's lots more now. 
  
 Cheers,
 Steve     K7LXC
 TOWER TECH 
 
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