Slinging a pylon to site
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Canada
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Lots of places with no roads up in the High Canadian Arctic. Longest distance for a sling load (4 trips with longline) was 650 statute miles for me (round trip). I had the longrange fuel tanks installed and we had to do 1 fuel stop on the way back. 1 trip a day and we never knew if the weather would be still good enough to come back to camp.
Then the next 4 loads were about a little bit more than 520 statute miles, Had a chance to read some good books doing that. Of course the loads were built to fly properly. Lasted for a month, flying and substracting roughly 80 to 100 miles every 4 loads.
JD
Then the next 4 loads were about a little bit more than 520 statute miles, Had a chance to read some good books doing that. Of course the loads were built to fly properly. Lasted for a month, flying and substracting roughly 80 to 100 miles every 4 loads.
JD
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Top half of the pylon was slung yesterday by our other pilot. He hooked it up at the top and got it up to about 80kts. Said it flew nicely and just hung there with very little spinning...
Thanks for all the advice...
Thanks for all the advice...
