Unbelievable Aerial Helicopter Tree Sawing - Precision in Action!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ธ.ค. 2024
- Soar high above the treetops and experience the breathtaking aerial perspectives of a helicopter saw in action. Our FAA Part 107 certified drone pilot captured a view rarely seen of Live Wire Aviation and NLS Helicopter Services trimming trees near critical power lines.
Watch this skilled helicopter saw pilot expertly navigate through the dense foliage, removing tree cover dangling dangerously close to power lines. There is nothing more impressive than witnessing the delicate balance between power and finesse involved in helicopter saw work.
Music: Edvard Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King”
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I don't know which is crazier. The fact that someone thought this would work or the fact that it actually does work.
or the fact that it works so well! 🤣
THIS
Or the fact that someone does this for work 😳
Yes
A helicopter connected to spinning saw blades and high-voltage power lines nearby. What could possibly go wrong?
What a genius....you are right!!
😂😂😂
Like??😂 and it's literally close to the lines... so smart of em
Maybe they could do it at night. In a snow storm. In high winds.
No sir that would be an unsafe act.
Imagine being out on a hike and having that damn thing coming along
Deer hunter squatted in the bush lol ...😅
@@Texas2Step79 😂
Why would you hike under or along power lines? Also, helicopters are loud. You'll hear it long before you see it.
@@Dr.W.Kruegerits pretty normal
@@Dr.W.KruegerLand is cleared and graded to a degree that makes traveling long distances easier. Also deer tend to hang out around tree lines.
Whoever figured out how to get the blades to stay oriented to the direction of flight instead of spinning is the real winner
true! it uses the process of gyroscopic procession to keep them oriented forward
Nobody had to figure that out, its the gyroscopic force naturally at work.
@@7.62x39Boogaloonot sure understand. You’re saying that the spinning of the blades prevents twist in the cable from developing? There’s no trick, just spinning blades attached to a rope?
Why so much thinking.. Just keep another set of alternative blades with 90 degree angle ,
Intrensical centrifugal fixed coefficient of 1.23 x mass devided by speed@@7.62x39Boogaloo
I’m a helicopter pilot since 1991 and I flew this very setup in the mid 1990’s to do exactly this type of ‘trimming’ all over Northern British Columbia.. Was fantastic.. AND the Company I flew for up there…created this unit. It’s nice to see others have adopted it. Great system
I watched the video in awe of the amount of skill it must take to operate that thing so close to the overhead powerlines! Amazing..
Wow! How was your experience up there? Rough country, huh? Glad you guys set the bar high!
how risky is this job? are there serious accidents for the pilots?
the overall flying part is pretty basic until you’re ready and in position to start up the saw system then you just take things slowly and deliberately while doing the trimming. The ground crews go in once you’ve past and start cleaning up the cuttings. Once you’re done cutting, the saw system gets turned off and from there you’re just toting about metal on a rope until you set it back down in front of the helicopter and move back to land…. Really, kinda fun. For me I always found flying 8 - 10,000 lbs of logs off the mountains to be far more dangerous flying.. high stress for sure. ‘Trimming’ was fun
@@james1787 the overall flying part is pretty basic until you’re ready and in position to start up the saw system then you just take things slowly and deliberately while doing the trimming. The ground crews go in once you’ve past and start cleaning up the cuttings. Once you’re done cutting, the saw system gets turned off and from there you’re just toting about metal on a rope until you set it back down in front of the helicopter and move back to land…. Really, kinda fun. For me I always found flying 8 - 10,000 lbs of logs off the mountains to be far more dangerous flying.. high stress for sure. ‘Trimming’ was fun
Well, I'm almost 67 and I've never seen this in my life. You need a helluva helicopter pilot to do this right.
he is very talented!
Did anyone else think this thing only existed in a James Bond movie?
not just for BMWs lol
I was about to say the same thing.
Which Bond movie is it in? I haven't seen that one.
@@jamesspalten5977 I believe it was in “The World is Not Enough”.
Yes seen it on James Bond other night and thought it was a movie prop. lol unreal!
Who ever thought of this is a madman.
These gen.Z thinks themselves an expert of everything by just staying behind mobile devices connected to internet. Throw some good ideas instead of blah blah blah ....
@@krishnabasnet7352Maybe, however this is still one Crazy idea😮 Effective, but VERY dangerous. Btw I,m a boomer!
Takes a real man to operate it. They are true heroes!
It was me.
Madman like a fox !
I just love the fact that some freak of nature invented this thing !!!
Love it !!!
It definitely took an interesting person to think of it, that's for sure!
necessity is the mother of all inventions.
They need this in GTA or a Zombie video game .
@@jeffmorrison579They already had something similar in a Bond movie…
Why freaks? Engineers saw a problem and found a solution. That's it.
Imagine the first test pilot. You're going to fly a gaint buzz saw. Oh yea next to power lines
takes a lot of skill and trust in your equipment
@@drone_wizeПод ,,оборудованием" следует понимать мощный компьютер , игровую приставку и монитор ?
!!!😮😮😮!!!
I do wonder whether power lines have ever been sawed with this setup, but this video demonstrates that when all is going well, a skilled pilot can easily avoid that
I mean it isn't in contact with the earth so it would just phase with the power line. Power would go out, but nothing would happen to the chopper.
Damn helicopters TAKING ALL OF OUR JOBS!!!!
it still requires a skilled pilot! 🤣
@@drone_wize lol. Ya just a joke hehe
@@johnjohnson8669yea that's awful not being able to do it from a bucket or manually. Damn shame.
I used to hunt some property that had a gas line going through it. I always had a food plot on the gas line and kept two cameras on it during deer season. The cameras were set at the very edge of the gas line, looking towards the opposite edge. One year I got several pics of the saw blades dangling from the helicopter as they cut the right of way. They were suspended just a few feet from my camera!! I've gotten a lot of cool pics on my game cameras over the last 14 years, but that was one of the coolest ones. 😊
You have it on camera and haven't uploaded it to TH-cam?
@@malakbryant1007 The camera was set to take still shot pictures only. There was no video. of the saw blades.
It's not on Instagram?
Okay, it seems like something you envision when you’re like 12 years old and then are told it’s ridiculous. But here we are
Not only do you have to be in total control of the helicopter but trying to precisely trim the forest too. What a WINNER. he’s a helicopter landscaper
👊🏼
This looks like something Colin Furze would have come up with.
100% 🤣👌
This is one of those "hold my beer" moments, isn't it. I mean it has to have been a bet, you know, '' I bet you can't fly that chopper down a power line towing a small saw mill" who came up with this madness!
it's actually quite effective! way faster than trimming with bucket trucks, especially in really rough terrain
What if we could just rig a big blade and drive along the tree line?
What if we dangled the blades from a helicopter….?
Oh yeah! That’s the money right there!!!
The big saws on a stick, side trimmers, suck. For trees in the 60'-75' range you have to sit right under what your cutting. Even with deflectors the wood still finds its way to hitting the cab. Side trimmers are nerve wracking. But it's better than the up close and personal of working from a bucket. Or, climbing.
Legend! Balls bigger than houses.
right!
Imagine you're out riding your dirt bike and you see this swinging toward you.
Even if a CR 500 did not scare you, the helicopter buzz saw for sure would.
Or comes down the middle and you have a side by side
I'd rather not.
I’ve seen tree trimming operations and the Pilot of the MD -500 has a great job
Doesn't he?
Saw a chopper do this along power lines near I-85 in Lawrenceville, Ga outside our office. All kinds of respect !
it's impressive to see in person!
Bizarre, brilliant and very dangerous way to do this job.
Saw this in real life. It was crazy!
Seems to be genius, trimming the power line right of way in remote areas quite efficiently. A lot less labor intensive than sending in tree trimming crews with boom trucks and chain saws.
I agree with you that it seems crazy, but it’s getting the job done in a very efficient manner. 👍🏼
No squirrels were injured in this video
nope! No squirrels, they tend to hear it coming and are long gone!
Pity about the guy out walking his dog
Were any Beamers hurt?
All the squirrels are still traumatized by the cop in this video th-cam.com/video/NKmnJgXyZpU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=rinoSvxGdFeygsSu
Only baby birds .
This shows in very clear terms the enormity of the job it takes to maintain our infrastructure, imagine the thousands of miles of electric lines that have to be maintained like this, cutting a pathway through the trees
it's a lot of work! but it has to be done to keep the power lines free and functioning!
I had one these crews work in my area. They set up a base down the road. I got to see and study this amazing piece of equipment up close. Crazy
What keeps the blades lined up line of flight?
it's a pretty impressive sight to see!
@@arthurwagar88Очевидно , джойстик игровой приставки . И компьютер , который может ,,потянуть" эту игру .
That’s a good question! You’d imagine it would buck around and spin something awful.
@@longjonwhite I would expect that the gyro effect keeps them in one direction.
I am today years old when I learned that helicopter tree-trimming is a thing. Kudos on adding 'In The Hall Of The Mountain King' to this video. Perfect soundtrack.
This is the way they trim the train tracks by my house. The pilot literally hangs his head out the side so he can see what he is doing. Pretty impressive.
can you imagine being out for a walk in the woods and you come across this?
Basically a giant hedge trimmer. 😂
That’s one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. I want one of those.
EVEN JAMES BOND NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
I gotta say, the music choice for this made this video one of the most entertaining things I've seen in a while!
🤣 thanks! I think it went well with the vibe!
That sure was cool. Very skilled operator there.
Smooth operator...
Now I have flown helicopters and I have trimmed trees, but never at the same time. My hats off to this guy, I wish they would have shown us the landing also.
we have more content coming soon! I can make sure to throw in the landing. it's saw down first obviously 🤣
That was awesome! You imagine if you lived near the Powerline and saw (pun) this? 😮
U truely have 1 of the coolest jobs in the world! Stay safe and God bless🥰
One of these was in a James Bond movie. Nasty!
Ya, makes me wonder who invented it first? The movie or them?
Aerial trimming has been around since the 80s, but that movie was pretty badass!
@@drone_wizeWhich Bond movie was it?
@@jamesspalten5977 The World is Not Enough from 1999
When I saw it in the Bond film I thought it was just a stunt but it turned out that’s how power companies keep some of their right of ways trimmed. Poor BMW got sliced right down the middle. I’m sure Q was royally pissed.
I think these saws will be in Lidl next Thursday...
they are impressive to see in person if you can catch them!
I'd love to 👍 @@drone_wize
So that is where they got the idea for that movie scene when that chopper does that same thing to a boat house or whatever it was in that movie.
What a fantastic power tool!
1. Can you fly a helicopter? 2. Are you absolutely insane? ... You're HIRED! 🤣
🤣
How is that "saw pole" kept in the correct orientation (gyroscopic stabilization does'n seem sufficient), and what was that smoke at the end?.
I wondered both of those things!? Look to me like the hydraulic drive motor/pump got smoked!
Clutch was smoking.
the saw is hanging on an aluminum beam, not a wire. So the beam can resist torsion. And it is attached to the helicopter in a way that can swing in any direction, but can not rotate around it's axis. The smoke at the end is a clutch smoke when the blades hit a thick tree and it foeces blades to stop spinning, while the engine is still running and the clutch is forced to slip and make smoke.
@@gambler0101 Thank you - it makes sense. What looks like cable in the video seems too flimsy to prevent torsion, but apparently it isn't. One learns every day. 😀
Being from the Mojave Desert, it was crazy seeing this flying down the highway in the Appalachian Mountains, trimming the trees. What a time to be alive.
They do this often around that area!
They use this method at ski resorts to trim back limbs for chair lifts
that helicopter pilot is an absolute madman!!
he's very talented!
@drone_wize6950 still doesn't mean he's not a madman 😜 it's ok we all still love him. Excellent fellow he is.
Lovely soundtrack!! Applause from Norway👏👏👏🇳🇴
Peer Gynt- Edvard Grieg 😊
@@rosiemckinzie8608 🤗🤗🤗🤗 Hall of the mountain king❤️❤️❤️
Never in a million years would i have thought this is being done!
Craziness.
it is isn't it!
I want to know how many people laughed at this idea before it was finally taken serious.
So.... Could this idea be adopted to drones for domestic home hedges I wonder??🤔
that's an interesting idea!
Fellow arborists will know what I’m talking about when I sarcastically say, “Those are some quality pruning cuts!”
Duuuuudes,... That music,... Every kid who watched Astroboy in the '80's will be expecting you're all gonna be the next Villian of the Week! 😂😂😂
lol! the song definitely works well with the vibe here haha
The music is actually called “In the Hall of the Mountain King”, and it’s part of the Peer Gint (sp?) music suite.
Peer Gynt composed by Edvard Grieg
Why did no one tell me about this job when i was a little kid? I would have actually have known what i wanted to be when i grew up. What do you want to be when you grow up kid? I want to be the guy flying the helicopter with the giant saw hanging off the bottom!
they don't share all the good jobs! 🤣
@@drone_wize No kidding.
I've seen them doing this around Huntsville, TX. Cool, but no thanks -- that pilot is one fart away from becoming a shish kabob!
Is it Mad Max already?
I thought this was a joke, that it wouldn't actually work.
How do they keep the rope from rotating, keeping the blades straight? Does it have a quick release, in case it gets stuck, like it almost did at the end?
So many questions. We need other video with more info.
I’ve thought of an answer while reading this. the blades act like a gyroscope maintaining orientation, anyway looks like a dangerous stunt.
exactly! @@rotorblade9508
The balls of this pilot is astonishing
🤣 yup!
the music is so innapropriate
thanks! it definitely felt right editing it lol
Biggest hedge trimmer I ever saw! Awesome and the video is accompanied by one of my favorite pieces of music ❤
Awful choice of sound byte, I had my device on volume level one and it was still annoying.
Should have been "Ride of the Valkyries". th-cam.com/video/nZ_zNUmr8fM/w-d-xo.html
no taste in your family DNA eh?
@@raymunro9894 Ray why did you let out our family secret?😀
I saw one of these things working one day. The video does not do it justice. Awesome in the extreme!
It’s impressive in person!
In such proximity to high voltage powerlines of all things.
Credit to the skill of the pilot.
Saw something like this near a golf course once and I was so astonished by the skill and machinery. Really quite rare to see work like this.
it's really impressive in person!
That’s cool!
isn't it?!
If they ever remake North By Northwest, this has to be in the "plane trying to kill the hero out in the cornfield" scene.
not familiar with that scene!
@@drone_wize Great Hitchcock movie. Cary Grant is fleeing mysterious bad guys and one scene is him alighting from a bus in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by cornfields. A plane appears and repeatedly tries to mow him down with its propeller. It ends with the plane overshooting and crashing into a fuel truck with a big explosion.
That pilot has got an exciting job: rotating blades and saws nearby plus all the cables and trees.
takes a lot of skill but yes, it's very intense!
Love how they finished the video just after the gearbox self destructed.
It’s just the forward tilt of the saw cage that causes a small amount of oil to burn off
That is the coolest and most insanely dangerous thing iv seen today.
I want to give whoever made that a reality a case of beer
thanks for the support! the combo between a good machine and a great pilot can really be impressive, huh?
Not sure if was the same company but a similar operation staged out of a neighbors pasture a while back and trimmed local power lines for several weeks. An amazing thing to watch.
Imagine camping in your tent and being sliced up out of nowhere
it's a pretty loud process, I'm sure you would hear it long before it showed up out of nowhere! Plus, they are working in the right of way, which is owned my power companies, so no camping anyways
What a fun step in our simulation for all of “us” to enjoy!
Now this is what i call outside the box engineering.
This is what we need patrolin the border
Dangerous operation
Wow! That's so cool! What an awesome pilot! Could you imagine being a squirrel sitting in one of those trees when that thing's coming along?
I did not know this exists. This is terrifyingly awesome and amazing.
Pilot got "Big steel balls"!!
🤣
I know a pilot that has flown quite a few of the tree trimming missions.
Takes a certain kinda guy to, not only do that for a living but wake up every day looking forward to being in the air.
He is a ball to drink beer with. 😜
The Flying Guillotine
The Wright brothers will be in awe
KILLER ! " In the Hall of the Mountain King " music was great !
Works great with the video!
I live ib the mountains and 2 years ago they used this helicopter with that saw to trim tree branches near powerline. It is amazing to watch live
it is!
Now imagine the helicopter is piloted by AI
This reminds me of an enemy in a side scrolling arcade game. 😂
🤣
Crazy how well this works
Right?
It's difficult to imagine a more dangerous way of doing that
Seen it with my own eyes, really incredible to watch it and cleared the trees away from the power lines .
It is!
Most in the aviation community would classify us Rotorcraft Pilots as suffering for some type of mental instability. Now imagine the level of lunacy it would require for an already mentally unstable person to do this type of work? That is this pilot. I salute this Madman!
he is a rare breed!
That’s the biggest hedge trimmer I’ve ever seen!
🤣
I heard a buzzing sound earlier this year that made me think someone nearby was running a wood chipper without any pauses.
It was there the next day and I saw one of these choppers pull up into view about a mile away with the gang saw underneath it.
My area is too hilly for crews to easily access the power lines, much less get to the trees.
When I was living at my brother’s house the power company had one of these trimming trees near the power lines. It was pretty cool and yet a little bit scary being so close to it
super cool to see in person!
Adding this to one of the must haves in my zombie apocalypse collection
yup!!
Absolutely
INSANE
Isn’t it??
Quite the show... Until he let the smoke out of the saw !
I’m amazed they found anyone to actually do it.
Ive seen them in action many times and they are still fun to watch work
incredible video
thanks!
Never knew that was a thing. Very impressed
it is pretty impressive!
I got to watch them do this along the railroad tracks in front of my office last year. Pretty cool!
Edit: Oh yeah, they took off and landed almost right outside my door. The whole process of hooking the blades to the chopper, taking off, and later landing the thing almost right next to the truck was impressive.
it is impressive to watch in person!
This is awesome. I know no idea this was done
it's pretty impressive in person!
Amazing invention! 😮😮
Right?!
I had a fellow in Texas order a control valve from me here in Alaska as he said he couldn't find one big enough. I'd never heard of flying sawblades trimmer before! What an amazing skill.
Insane. I love it
pretty awesome isn't it?