As a pilot with 1,000 ish hours of 407 time and about half of that long lining this is a good video. Dont worry about the internet haters. It takes a lot of nerve to upload a video like this. Great video and keep them coming. And please please get a helmet ASAP. Have 2 good friends that are alive becuase of a helmet and have met a handful more. Fly safe!
This guy did a great job showing the pilots perspective of a drill move. A lot of good, valuable points and lessons in here that makes this video worth showing drillers on fly-jobs. @7:35 to 7:57 …. Every pilot and Foreman 😂
i watched a guy in a little 3 bladed machine lifting building supplies into a steep construction site once. I rode my moto up and watched. He had the chopper stripped out as much as possible and used a little wiggle move to gently move into the right spot. Was facinating. Really makes you realise those guys who fly the skycranes putting transmission towers together must be real guns.
This is what 🚁are build for! Love the work man, well done. Creating videos is not a 30 minute job. (Which very few people realize.) I use to work as the ground crew on long line operations in the Eastern DRC in Africa and also sat in the helicopters to be the pilot's spotter sometimes, especially when they were new to the sling world. It was some of the most epic times of my career. 😎💪🚁
Great vid... Many thanks. I was flooded with memories of my first adventures in North La Belle Province. Opinaca if I recall... and many others. 500D.. little Ferrari. Love to turn the clock back..
Darcey, don't worry about the internet worriers, they have never been in camp, in the bush or moving drills. You are doing a great job and making a fantastic video. How do you like the black flies :)
This was really cool to watch. The 360 camera footage was all perfect! Really appreciated your voice over being both very casual and honest with also being informative of what you're doing/thinking and why. Looking forward to more videos in the future, hopefully 👌
You say the internet is a cruel place to dhow your mistakes, to be fair, mistakes or not, you're doing a tricky job with lots of risks, and you aced it...
If you can buff out the "mistake "(while slinging) it's not a mistake... just part of ops. Scratch.. peel or bent... yeah.. that's a mistake. Most of that drill rig stuff has been strained or bashed through every earthy item out there... Hard to imagine they might have been new at some time.. !!
I found with the four pointers we often put D rings on the load side and the D ring would flop over without correcting itself when tension is made and the whole thing lifts crooked. 13:29
Great video (and channel)! I'm currently an ATPL(H) student and I'm looking forward to going to Canada next year for a mountain rating and sling training. Subbed!
Pretty cool man, thanks for sharing. My career path took me straight into the IFR and offshore world, so I missed all the cool VFR shenanigans unfortunately.
I was getting VERY anxious when you were hovering disassembling that thing.... And I want to be a professional pilot now at my 46 years old.... I gonna die of a heart attack....
With a 50 ft. or 150 ft. line below you... and 100lbs + on it, the ground crew MUST be aware... and know how to recognize when to get your ass out of the way. You are just going to arrive at the scene of your accident if things go to shit in a low hover.
Sweet . Sign me up . Will they let me camp out at night with the Rig ? And grill steaks and shrimp at bedtime around the fire .... That way I can wake up early and start Coring ;)
Dude that was a great video. Looks like you had a good drill crew. Nothing worse than guys that stand around staring at the load with their hands behind their back when you’re fighting the wind, bumping up against 100% the whole time. JUST GRAB THE DAMN THING!!
Na, the machine has 5 seconds between 100 and 105% before the computer counts it as an over torque. Which might give you enough time to get you out of trouble
As a chiropractor, how is your neck after a day of slinging? And as a 500hr pilot myself.. I'm in awe. I'll never get to do it.. but hell it looks difficult!
@@bushpiloting Hi mate, loved my few years bush flying but did the maths, and went back to being a chiropractor so I can actually retire one day. Started flying at 41, so left it quite late! Have a instructor ticket now so you never know, I can always take it up as a hobby job. Love your videos, keep 'em coming. Where did you train/first job?
Soooo... the intro image shows an ex-Niagara Heli bell 407 slinging... but the video shows a white 206.. Maybe it was Photoshopped ? Often wondered what happened to those 407's.. (now Astars at NHL) Went to GSHL... expecting to see 407's ,, but No.. Now that I have left... they have them... Grrrr. Best little worker machine ..evah!!
Hey buddy. Yeah we operated an old Niagara heli machine, and it’s a photo from a drill move that I did on another job. The machine I used to move this drill was a white 407…. Not a 206… but yeah they look kinda similar so I get the confusion
@@bushpiloting Hey thanks bush. Ha.. got about 5000 in 206's...about the same in 407's, about 2000 in Astars, B4's and a bunch in 500's. Moving drills was great, if you got a great crew... there was long time before you got to go for a 'P' or a coffee.. then there were times when all hell broke loose, ... cable snags, wind, Enjoy...and respect Mother nature... best advice ever.
I don’t know the 407 specs but if you are operating so close to the limits quite often, is this the right helo for this kind of heavy jobs? Just asking…
Na, it's all good for the job. If I were to just go a bit slower or burn off an extra 10 minutes of fuel before lifting a heavy piece, it would make all the difference.
As a pilot with 50 000 hrs who helped build the Death Star for the Empire back in 86 with a 6000' longline I can honestly say this is a great video.
Top comment mate.. legend!!
Haha, heard the turnover rate for Tie Fighter pilots over torquing their ships is quite high?
OMG you worked on the Death Star too, I was the one with the 5000ft line🤣👍🏼
As a pilot with 1,000 ish hours of 407 time and about half of that long lining this is a good video. Dont worry about the internet haters. It takes a lot of nerve to upload a video like this. Great video and keep them coming. And please please get a helmet ASAP. Have 2 good friends that are alive becuase of a helmet and have met a handful more. Fly safe!
Much credit to Pasquale and the ground crew - Bien joué! You guys make a good team!
Actually sound like a civilized drill crew😃👍🏼
Pretty cool seeing you own the little mistakes. I got my start long lining on drill support always wanted to try to move some of these diamond drills.
Running out of performance has to be one of the hairiest moments for a pilot. Great video!
This guy did a great job showing the pilots perspective of a drill move. A lot of good, valuable points and lessons in here that makes this video worth showing drillers on fly-jobs. @7:35 to 7:57 …. Every pilot and Foreman 😂
Excellent!! Love the 407. What a bummer we have none in NZ!
I thought it was great! But then I can't longline and chew gum at the same time. Love content like this, thank you.
I've watched this video five times. Thanks for making it.
i watched a guy in a little 3 bladed machine lifting building supplies into a steep construction site once. I rode my moto up and watched. He had the chopper stripped out as much as possible and used a little wiggle move to gently move into the right spot. Was facinating.
Really makes you realise those guys who fly the skycranes putting transmission towers together must be real guns.
Some excellent piloting there my brother! As a B407 pilot myself, I can appreciate the skill required. Out of my league!
Thanks mate!
ha I worked on that white basket hanging off the skid off that 407 ....made many of them n AS350 too😊
Job well done!! Small shit do happens to us all. Good video 👍🏻
Darc', love this video and the unedited finish. I especially love how you narrate this..❤❤🚁🚁
I love this video, I hope that you will share more of your adventures!
This is what 🚁are build for! Love the work man, well done. Creating videos is not a 30 minute job. (Which very few people realize.) I use to work as the ground crew on long line operations in the Eastern DRC in Africa and also sat in the helicopters to be the pilot's spotter sometimes, especially when they were new to the sling world. It was some of the most epic times of my career. 😎💪🚁
Haha, that look on your face at 17:28. Priceless
Awesome video mate
Great video. Glad you kept the stretch marks and scars. Nice work.
Nice piloting!
Great to see Aussie's dominating the World 😉😁
What a badass Video! Great job Dude!!!
Great vid... Many thanks. I was flooded with memories of my first adventures in North La Belle Province. Opinaca if I recall... and many others. 500D.. little Ferrari.
Love to turn the clock back..
Awesome content! I fly tours in the 407, and i love the aircraft! i'm sure it'd be great to sling load in.
Dude you are badass, so many questions.. cool calm and collected
Great vid and flyin. lookin forward to seeing more. 1 sub and 2 thumbs up from Alaska
Holy shit man respect. That level of concentration must be exhausting.
Darcey, don't worry about the internet worriers, they have never been in camp, in the bush or moving drills.
You are doing a great job and making a fantastic video.
How do you like the black flies :)
Exactly!
Nice, job. I don’t know how many drills I’ve moved with the 407 and astar but I think ya did a great job😃👍🏼
WOOOOW tht was amazing subbed please make more ❤❤❤❤
Good job. I miss flyin drills.
This was really cool to watch. The 360 camera footage was all perfect!
Really appreciated your voice over being both very casual and honest with also being informative of what you're doing/thinking and why.
Looking forward to more videos in the future, hopefully 👌
You say the internet is a cruel place to dhow your mistakes, to be fair, mistakes or not, you're doing a tricky job with lots of risks, and you aced it...
If you can buff out the "mistake "(while slinging) it's not a mistake... just part of ops. Scratch.. peel or bent... yeah.. that's a mistake.
Most of that drill rig stuff has been strained or bashed through every earthy item out there... Hard to imagine they might have been new at some time.. !!
I found with the four pointers we often put D rings on the load side and the D ring would flop over without correcting itself when tension is made and the whole thing lifts crooked. 13:29
Great job again mate!
Great video (and channel)! I'm currently an ATPL(H) student and I'm looking forward to going to Canada next year for a mountain rating and sling training. Subbed!
Mate, you're too hard on yourself. That was great flying.
I've never seen that before, be very mentally draining.
Great vid. 👍
thanks mate
Pretty cool man, thanks for sharing. My career path took me straight into the IFR and offshore world, so I missed all the cool VFR shenanigans unfortunately.
I was getting VERY anxious when you were hovering disassembling that thing.... And I want to be a professional pilot now at my 46 years old.... I gonna die of a heart attack....
Good on you man putting a video up like this!! A lot of keyboard drill pilots out there to critique you !
Great content, more vids plz!
Love the Frenchies.
G'day from nsw Australia just found your channel and subbed mate
yeah cheers maaaaate :)
Awesome video man, it looks like an intense line of work! What is your exit strategy if your egine bails on you when you are tethered to the ground?
Try not to take anyone else out with me on the way down is the main thing
Living on the HV curve all day long definitely isn’t for the faint of heart.
With a 50 ft. or 150 ft. line below you... and 100lbs + on it, the ground crew MUST be aware... and know how to recognize when to get your ass out of the way.
You are just going to arrive at the scene of your accident if things go to shit in a low hover.
Got Mr beets on the coms
Sweet . Sign me up . Will they let me camp out at night with the Rig ? And grill steaks and shrimp at bedtime around the fire .... That way I can wake up early and start Coring ;)
Dude that was a great video. Looks like you had a good drill crew.
Nothing worse than guys that stand around staring at the load with their hands behind their back when you’re fighting the wind, bumping up against 100% the whole time. JUST GRAB THE DAMN THING!!
cool
Do you over-torque first? Does the machine latch the over-torque condition or can you reset it?
Na, the machine has 5 seconds between 100 and 105% before the computer counts it as an over torque. Which might give you enough time to get you out of trouble
Well done lad. Might want to invest in a good brain bucket though? Just remove the visor if you find it rubbing up on the bubble glass.
I have two. Whether I feel like wearing it on the day is a different story but I know what you mean
@@bushpiloting 😃👍
As a chiropractor, how is your neck after a day of slinging? And as a 500hr pilot myself.. I'm in awe. I'll never get to do it.. but hell it looks difficult!
Things are starting to hurt yes...
Why do you say that you'll never get to do it?
@@bushpiloting Hi mate, loved my few years bush flying but did the maths, and went back to being a chiropractor so I can actually retire one day. Started flying at 41, so left it quite late! Have a instructor ticket now so you never know, I can always take it up as a hobby job. Love your videos, keep 'em coming. Where did you train/first job?
Soooo... the intro image shows an ex-Niagara Heli bell 407 slinging... but the video shows a white 206.. Maybe it was Photoshopped ?
Often wondered what happened to those 407's.. (now Astars at NHL) Went to GSHL... expecting to see 407's ,, but No.. Now that I have left... they have them... Grrrr.
Best little worker machine ..evah!!
Hey buddy.
Yeah we operated an old Niagara heli machine, and it’s a photo from a drill move that I did on another job.
The machine I used to move this drill was a white 407…. Not a 206… but yeah they look kinda similar so I get the confusion
@@bushpiloting Hey thanks bush. Ha.. got about 5000 in 206's...about the same in 407's, about 2000 in Astars, B4's and a bunch in 500's. Moving drills was great, if you got a great crew... there was long time before you got to go for a 'P' or a coffee.. then there were times when all hell broke loose, ... cable snags, wind,
Enjoy...and respect Mother nature... best advice ever.
Nice video. Just curious how long the line was?
Hey mate, I was just using a 100ft line, unnecessary to go any longer for this kind of job
How long longline do you use?
Generally 100 foot. It's pretty standard for this line of work
👍🏽👍🏽
I bet there's a lot of concentration required that must wear you out.
please no music let`s the sound of the helicopter
Great flying and video work! But.. please ditch the awful garage band guitar music. Lots of free music out there.
Where is the bathroom at bro or y’all use nature?
When ya gotta go, ya gotta go
1000's of sq. miles of bathroom... Only peepers might be a grizz, wolf, coyote,... crow. :)
That Bridge to Terabithia is terrible 😂😂
Sick video !
I don’t know the 407 specs but if you are operating so close to the limits quite often, is this the right helo for this kind of heavy jobs? Just asking…
Na, it's all good for the job. If I were to just go a bit slower or burn off an extra 10 minutes of fuel before lifting a heavy piece, it would make all the difference.