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Inside job
New Zealand Stuff report
Helicopter firm tackles inside job Garden City Helicopters pilot Neil Scott has flown for 38 years, but flying inside a building yesterday was a first for him. "You often dry cricket pitches and polo fields ... and tar-seal outside buildings, but not inside a building," Mr Scott said. "It was a bit hard to control because of the interference of the roof with the normal airflow through the system. It's like riding in turbulent weather conditions. "You're limited in height and controllability. We were very cautious when we started." http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/common/im...,126631,00.jpg The helicopter was called in by Christchurch construction firm BD Construction to help with drying a metal (aggregate) base laid in the huge shed prior to asphalting. The Bromley building, for Car Haulways Ltd, will be used to store cars and is about 25m wide, 30m high and 90m deep. BD operations manager Wes Jeffreys said the metal base had needed water for compacting and then had to be dried. The use of the helicopter was also a first for the construction firm, he said. Mr Scott spent about three hours manoeuvring in the shed yesterday. "The construction firm ended up being pretty happy with the job. "They had been waiting for three weeks to dry it out. It just shows the versatility of a helicopter, that it can do all those things," he said. |
This is definitely a wind (as in clock, not blowing!) up, heliport!!!
You can purchase blower heaters for a 10th the cost and a 500% improvement in drying capability.... Your bored aren't you :p |
Heliport aint winding you up, I saw this on the news. Recirculation must have been a problem on this job. ;)
Looked pretty impressive from the little footage I saw. Brings new meaning to the word "confined" :} :ok: |
I can see the headlines now. Helicopter used in massive Blow Job.
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What you dont see is a kid in the left of the building with a radio control set. Bet the cameraman had a zoom lens which makes it look much bigger than it really was :D :D
Only in New Zealand :} :E |
Another insider
Looking at the photo of the helicopter drying the concrete. Given that one had enough space inside a building, would it require a licence to hover a machine indoors, given that the pilot had sufficient experience to handle it.:D :D
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What airspace is that?
Do you need a clearance? What if you have a radio failure? If it's foggy out, are you in IFR? What if there's a cloud on the roof? :} |
Good job the old Lycoming carried on making a noise, any landing over wet concrete could have supprising results and impair future t/os some what!!;)
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