New FAA Rule Re Harness and Open Door Flights
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@KiwiNedNZ
No need to get personal. I was simply asking a question, thus the question mark at the end of my sentence. At no time did I say that you in person did this or that. It was a general question. Maybe I should have composed it more precisely.
I've been flying for over 25 years including a lot of aerial photography (and yes, including air-to-air) and aerial filming. And except for filming with the old-fashioned tyler sidemount I really can't think of any situation where the camera man should be secured by a harness instead of sitting on his seat secured by his seat-belt.
In fact, none of our professional clients ever asked for a harness to be strapped in.
In general it's the "I have never done this before but I've seen it on a Hollywood blockbuster" type of photographer who shows up with his brand new "home-improvement-store-harness" who gives us a headache.
Using the seat-belt doesn't mean that you are
. It gives you some limitation as far as shooting backwards is concerned but again, a professional pilot should be able to compensate for that.
Ned, no doubt that you are the "air-to-air-specialist". We all love your photos but please explain to me what makes the difference between sitting on the floor, of let's say an AStar, and sitting on the rear bench with the sliding door wide open.
Maybe we are talking about two different kind of helicopter (me about the smaller ones I mainly fly (HU269/R44/EC120/B206/B407), you about the big fancy ones with no seat bench installed (e.g. military etc).
I'm always willing to learn, so please explain.
and you obviously have not done much air to air shoots of other helicopters if you think being stuck in a seat will allow you to get what you need
I've been flying for over 25 years including a lot of aerial photography (and yes, including air-to-air) and aerial filming. And except for filming with the old-fashioned tyler sidemount I really can't think of any situation where the camera man should be secured by a harness instead of sitting on his seat secured by his seat-belt.
In fact, none of our professional clients ever asked for a harness to be strapped in.
In general it's the "I have never done this before but I've seen it on a Hollywood blockbuster" type of photographer who shows up with his brand new "home-improvement-store-harness" who gives us a headache.
Using the seat-belt doesn't mean that you are
stuck in a seat
Ned, no doubt that you are the "air-to-air-specialist". We all love your photos but please explain to me what makes the difference between sitting on the floor, of let's say an AStar, and sitting on the rear bench with the sliding door wide open.
Maybe we are talking about two different kind of helicopter (me about the smaller ones I mainly fly (HU269/R44/EC120/B206/B407), you about the big fancy ones with no seat bench installed (e.g. military etc).
I'm always willing to learn, so please explain.
