Helicopters and power lines

[RyanC26]

It just does not seem like the two would go hand and hand. Does anyone on the green screen do this for a living?


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[Ironman]

No, but I bet those high voltage line workers make bank!

[dmk]

We watched them do that a few weeks back. It was crazy to see the helicopter fly sideways pulling the cable.

[RifleBowPistol]

There is a video on the internet, of a guy who is in a helicopter, the fly up close to the lines, he attaches a safety harness or a ground strap or both, to one of the lines. Then gets out of the helicopter and puts one hand and one leg on each line and starts sliding or crawling along the lines. That's got to be about the craziest job I have ever seen. I have not seen that video in years, but it's pretty crazy, the helicopter next to the lines would be enough to scare the crap out of me, much less getting out of the helicopter, onto the lines. I have heard of linemen getting smoked, when someone accidently turns the power on, when they are working on the lines. So hell no, not a job for me.

[Rwc]

A.B. Chance used to offer a service of cleaning insulators, adding dampening devices, repairing conductor or dead end sleeves to transmission lines. They would come in and show video at there presentations. They could not pay me enough. Some of there services offered was working on 138 to 512 kv hot........ to watch them ground their selves to the phase while the pilot held the chopper steady......sorry, I am out.

Rwc

[rtjh]

They are used a lot on transmission lines for new construction or maintenance. They excel in hard to reach areas where bringing in heavy equipment is difficult. Also depending on what they are doing to the line they can work it hot with no outage required.

Another cool thing to look up is aerial side trimming with a helicopter. Saw blades hang below the helicopter and side trim trees. Google Rotor Blade or Aerial Solutions and watch their videos.

[BigThicketBoy]

If I was younger I would love to do that. Think of the adrenaline rush you would get ,nothing else like it except running an arrow through a deer.

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[175gr7.62]

A guy I was in the service with does it for a living. He has worked on lines up to 1million volts. He says when he clamps on he can still feel the electric field all over him even wearing the special suit....and to answer a question above, yes, he makes some serious coin doing it.

[dustoffer]

Piece of cake! That 'chopper is the best (for that job). My avatar pic is the best ever!!!!!!

[Hydestik]

Piece of cake! That 'chopper is the best (for that job). My avatar pic is the best ever!!!!!!

I always heard low and slow was a dangerous combination for helicopters. Is that not so ?

[Froggy]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_1T2_l43Xo"]High power line workers (V.2 Better Quality) - YouTube[/ame]

[TxDispatcher]

High power line workers (V.2 Better Quality) - YouTube

That's a BIG NOPE for me

[TxAg]

What does that guy get paid?

Doesn't matter...it isn't enough

[panhandlehunter]

Is that down by the Port of Freeport? They've been flying a bunch this past week down there.

[kruppa24]

Not me