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

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

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 holes.  When they 
were close enough the guys in the lower section grabbed those cables and 
threaded them through corresponding holes in the lower section.  At one 
point you can see the two sections come together, but a bit out of line 
and set on those cables.  They lift it slightly and it appears to be 
pulled in place. Not to take anything away from the chopper pilot(s)
who were good!

I watched Sky-Cranes set the massive air conditioners atop industrial 
complexes where I worked at one time..
At the old military base N of Philadelphia I watched one of the big 
choppers lift off, straight up for about what looked like 50 or 100 
feet, then back up a couple hundred feet, stop, hover, go back to the 
original point, and descend as if they were on tracks.  They repeated 
that maneuver so long, I got tired watching.  That's where I shot these:
http://www.rogerhalstead.com/p3s.htm  No photos of the choppers
http://www.rogerhalstead.com/me262.htm  One of the originals used as a 
model for the group that built 5  flying replicas from scratch, but with 
modern engines inside the hand made nacelles.(I think that's the correct 
term)

73

Roger (K8RI)


On 9/24/2015 9:28 PM, Ken wrote:
> 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.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Tower#/media/File:StarTower.JPG
>
> Our offices were about a half mile away and at times we could watch 
> the contruction.  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.....
>
> Ken WA8JXM
>
> On 9/23/15 11:10 PM, Don W7WLL wrote:
>> 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 
>> do at this height?
>> Big congrats to the pilot, but I sure would not want to be the guy’s 
>> inside the pipe.
>>
>> Just another day at the office.
>>       https://www.youtube.com/embed/qJHlXe_RnYo 
>
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Roger (K8RI)


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