Aerial Saw Is Boon to Line Trimming
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Aerial Saw Is Boon to Line Trimming
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#2Don't sell them to the Saudis.
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#3Is this a factor of decreased costs in prototyping? So specialized tools become cheaper to test? And cheaper to manufacture in small batches?
I can’t wait to see this featured in Expendables 4.
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#4Is this a factor of decreased costs in prototyping? So specialized tools become cheaper to test? And cheaper to manufacture in small batches? I can’t wait to see this featured in Expendables 4.
If you want to see them in a film then the Bond film The World Is Not Enough is for you.
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#5I thought this link was going to be about Mr. Choppy, the drone-mounted power saw designed to cut power lines (for instigating coups, naturally) that Chris Rock showed off[0] in his DEF CON 24 talk, 'How To Overthrow a Government.'
If you've not seen this amazing talk I can't recommend it enough.
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#6It's really interesting to watch video of these saws in action, cutting through trees like a hot knife through butter:
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#7Watching this in action, as well as some other sling load pilots working away [0], I am amazed as the skill and dexterity that they can handle their flying machines and use physics to best effect.
When you consider that I heard a veteran chopper pilot once say that flying a chopper was like "balancing a dinner plate on a ball bearing", then these guys and gals are next level aviators!
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#8Watching this in action, as well as some other sling load pilots working away [0], I am amazed as the skill and dexterity that they can handle their flying machines and use physics to best effect. When you consider that I heard a veteran chopper pilot once say that flying a chopper was like "balancing a dinner plate on a ball bearing", then these guys and gals are next level aviators! [0] - https://www.youtube.com/wa…
I am not a pilot (of anything, let alone helicopters), but sometimes movement and inertia make things easier, not harder.
In an unstable system, the hardest thing to do is to maintain a constant position. Once you introduce some momentum, that adds some stability.
Certainly there are dozens of reasons why this is harder than "regular" flying, but I think physics may actually be in the pilot's side here.
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#9What could go wrong?
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/helicopter-crashes-in-north...
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#10Watching this in action, as well as some other sling load pilots working away [0], I am amazed as the skill and dexterity that they can handle their flying machines and use physics to best effect. When you consider that I heard a veteran chopper pilot once say that flying a chopper was like "balancing a dinner plate on a ball bearing", then these guys and gals are next level aviators! [0] - https://www.youtube.com/wa…
I am not a pilot (of anything, let alone helicopters), but sometimes movement and inertia make things easier, not harder. In an unstable system, the hardest thing to do is to maintain a constant position. Once you introduce some momentum, that adds some stability. Certainly there are dozens of reasons why this is harder than "regular" flying, but I think physics may actually be in the pilot's side here.
I am a pilot (fixed wing, not helos), and while you can use physics to assist, there are a myriad of other variables in play such as wind currents, turbulence, air density, temperature, delays in throttle response, fatigue, visibility and visual obstructions, effects of constant g-force changes etc. etc. etc which are always changing the conditions and responses around you.
Swing loading like that can also cause problems with instability due to harmonic resonance. Plus other issues like differing weight of the loads, how securely the loads have been packed, whether the release catch works when the pilot dumps the load in the truck, or the load comes loose halfway through the loop etc. can turn a smooth ballet into a catastrophic scenario in short order.
It is a bit like saying that if someone can juggle 3 balls, then they should be able to easily juggle 6 balls because - inertia.