Pretty Cool Gov't Video-vertol Logging!

[Skidz]

Watching the video, I couldn't help but notice both pilots had their heads glued to the bubble windows looking down. So who's watching the instruments ?

 

Have they got a flight engineer in there with 'em or what ?

[duf]

That warrants a joke about women drivers but I won't go there...

[100ft]

Could someone post a photo here of some bubble window gauges if handy....

[rotrhd1]

The 107 max hook weight is 11 000 lbs. On average I think they shoot for 8 - 9K for a turn. Never heard of larch being logged on the west coast. Hemlock, Balsam, Fir and Cedar are the species of choice. The riggers (guys on the ground) estimate the volume of the wood in m3, then estimate approx 2000 lbs/m3 for the weight. In a wet environment sometimes Cedar can be like lead. It's amazing the riggers can be as acurate as they are with the weights.

 

I've heard the 120K/year salary figure kicked around for the logging pilots at helifor, but it will depend on the type of year they've had obviously.

 

Apparently, almost everyone at Helifor came up the same way. 500 time, co-jo on the 107 until a captain slot became available then over to the left seat loggin. It doesn't seem like that much of a jump as everyone's done it.

[mtnhopper]

sounds like a pretty good deal but I imagine that fighting the fog and two hundred foot trees with a 500 would get old.I,ve heard that the employees on the barg live better than most people do at home ,would cool to trie out

[rainman]

The allure of float camps can wear thin sometimes when you're fogged in for 3 days straight or waiting for parts i'll tell ya. When everythings is going well it's pretty gravey though. Best camp food going, those loggers tend to whine a bit, so ya got to keep em happy!

 

500 in 200ft trees in the fog and rain with 3 riggers is better then the ol chevy 2. At least you have a little more jam

 

Hear hear to heli-logging, :up: best flying job there is, in my opinion that is.

[Guest CHEVY II]

Okay, Okay!

 

This is driving me mad...two days in a row and all I can get is audio with NO video!

 

Any "constructive" suggestions?

[skullcap]

"Constructive" ----Build large bonfire, drink Granmarnier, add computer to fire, be satisfied the frigggin thing has gone to its own"Valhalla".

 

Nurse hangover next day, go to Future Shop buy new computer for less money than your wasted time and watch the young lady sling wood, wow.

 

sc

[twinstar_ca]

i'm in the same boat, chevyII

[duf]

go to the Windows Update site and try getting the newest version of Windows Media Player. It'll have all the plugins/codecs you will need..