epicyclic Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 Dont get too focused on the line...remember you are flying the helicopter. dont get caught staring at the line and then realizing your moving sideways into something....use your instruments....your Altimeter is accurate....note your altitude when your at the top of ur line...add 20-50 bepending on your obsticles, and thats ur target height when u place the load back there. Just as you pick a couple refrences when you vertical out of a spot....do the same with longlining. pick a fore and lateral reference on your recce to the spot and fly to your tagert...dont worry about the line...it will follow....just glace every now and again to make sure your clear of snags.....Hope that helps a little Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMike Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 Just watch Firebirds 3 or 4 times and 6 episodes of Heli-loggers, and you'll be good to go. That's what I did and now I know all there is to know. And I'm not even a pilot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helilog56 Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 Dont get too focused on the line...remember you are flying the helicopter. dont get caught staring at the line and then realizing your moving sideways into something....use your instruments....your Altimeter is accurate....note your altitude when your at the top of ur line...add 20-50 bepending on your obsticles, and thats ur target height when u place the load back there. Just as you pick a couple refrences when you vertical out of a spot....do the same with longlining. pick a fore and lateral reference on your recce to the spot and fly to your tagert...dont worry about the line...it will follow....just glace every now and again to make sure your clear of snags.....Hope that helps a little Jeez.....and all these years, I been hanging out a door looking down ???!!!?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiloMike Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 Dont get too focused on the line...remember you are flying the helicopter. dont get caught staring at the line and then realizing your moving sideways into something....use your instruments....your Altimeter is accurate....note your altitude when your at the top of ur line...add 20-50 bepending on your obsticles, and thats ur target height when u place the load back there. Just as you pick a couple refrences when you vertical out of a spot....do the same with longlining. pick a fore and lateral reference on your recce to the spot and fly to your tagert...dont worry about the line...it will follow....just glace every now and again to make sure your clear of snags.....Hope that helps a little Intersting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclic monkey Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 I thought I was meant to be looking down !!!! If I'm supposed to be looking at all that stuff around me, why do they call it Vertical Reference ??? HMMMMMMM ????!!!!???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcobra Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 I thought I was meant to be looking down !!!! If I'm supposed to be looking at all that stuff around me, why do they call it Vertical Reference ??? HMMMMMMM ????!!!!???? I've never seen a picture of a Pilot with that much thought going on!! Amazing what you can do with photoshop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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