To sum up, it seems that most are saying that an IGE track should be fine, and of course is safer. If for some reason this is not possible with our machine/tracking equipment, where would you hover OGE? 50', 200', or how high?
As far as hoisting into the trees, close to treetop is what I prefer, just wanted to see what everyone else thought. If possible I stay a little above the trees since the nearby treetops are so affected by rotorwash that they are unusable reference anyhow. About 20-30' above and there is a bit of altitude to play with for recognition of problem and to accelerate for the overshoot.
For the time hoisting, 30 feet of cable takes 6 seconds up and 6 seconds down, not a substantial increase. The 30' gives time to peel out/cut cable as necessary and to manoeuvre away from the guys on the ground or towards a better place (overshoot?).
Anyone agree with this?
Matthew.