Load slinging in the Brecons

[The Nr Fairy]

Interesting article - and even more interesting 360 degree video - of load slinging operations in support of repairing a path on Pen y Fan.

BBC News - Eroded Pen y Fan path repaired using helicopter power (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-44075921)

[SuperF]

Someone should tell them that round loads fly much better.

[Flyting]

A cement bucket would be much more effective with the guy on the ground being able to walk with the bucket pushing it along the pathway and spreading the gravel (as it empties as aposed to one pile on the path).... and as SuperF said, would fly much better!!!

[Hughes500]

builders dumpy bag with opening at the bottom !

[icedriver]

I reckon it’s not a bad system as from what I can see you don’t need any ground crews to empty the bin. If this is the case the aircraft can be dumping gravel in multiple places while crews are working on spreading.

[SuperF]

I reckon it’s not a bad system as from what I can see you don’t need any ground crews to empty the bin. If this is the case the aircraft can be dumping gravel in multiple places while crews are working on spreading.
Agreed it looks like a good system, however you can have a self dumping round bucket as well. The benefits of a cylinder is that they just fly far smoother, therefore you can fly faster. If you are just getting paid by the hour and there is no competition then that is probably fine. But if you are trying to be as fast, and efficient as possible then every few seconds that you can save per load adds up in the long run.

[icedriver]

Agreed it looks like a good system, however you can have a self dumping round bucket as well. The benefits of a cylinder is that they just fly far smoother, therefore you can fly faster. If you are just getting paid by the hour and there is no competition then that is probably fine. But if you are trying to be as fast, and efficient as possible then every few seconds that you can save per load adds up in the long run.


Agreed SuperF.