Complete trust in your pilot

[FoxvoxDK]

"I got skills and 50 - 0 KD in CoD" funny how that shit sounds so hollow and completely insignificant when watching this, no? :p

[boskogoranovic]

There is no electricity in the wire which that man touching... It's zero phase...

[rockav8r]

These pilots are the best of the best, I have incredible respect for these guys!

[XTHEPREDATORX]

you know, except for the scenario where the helicopter catches a gust of wind and topples over into the wire and slams into the ground in a pile of metal that kills the paramedics when they touch it because it is electrified... This is probably a pretty safe way to work on power lines, because if you aren't touching the ground, electricity isn't going to pass through you.

[willyz777]

THE PILOTMAKES IT LOOKS SO EASY! D:

[TEHGROUND]

@willyz777 But it's not :D

[SALESPRODUCTIONS]

Jimmy - what do you want to be when you grow up ?

Well - I was thinking I would be one of those crazy guys that changes the lightbulbs and stuff on the high tension power lines - because I am just CRAZY that way

[qrion13]

@NemesisMarksman Hahaha, I know exactly what you mean.

[qrion13]

I fly those all the time in Battlefield 3

[NemesisMarksman]

@qrion13 if only i can say the same as this title for pilots when i get on board -_-

[rubiksmagicsolver098]

@CommonRaven ya that does make sense

[john198119811]

you really have to not care about a high risk of death on the job in this line of work

[SuperYellowsubmarin]

@john198119811 Or care about the tremendous salary !

[rubiksmagicsolver098]

i understand that this is a way to do this and is also an awesome way to work on it but i think it was a little bit over done. coulda just used a ladder truck or something but watever

[vikaskarade]

Pay them more you bullshitt corporates :L

[djm2l]

It´s not the only way to do it, isnt´it?!

[Dragondicer]

@djm2l

That's right! We did it with baskets underneath the chopper (as slingload) in which the mechanics were standing to do their work on the power lines.

[jkgr33]

they get paid $1,000,000 per hour or what?

[mepizzasmangled]

@jkgr33 500 a day

[ted850760]

all thar effort to steal cable

[CrazyMonkey06]

where do you buy balls like them ???? i wan a pair :p

[seanpintara]

EPIC BALLS!

[dreamweaver961]

Working under the blades of a helicoptor would be like working in a hurriciane. I think he had balls of ceremic, brass or steel would conduct electricity.

[SWMoneyMaker]

That would suck droppin your tools!!!

[WickyWiggstaz]

why?



[colboyhell]

Skill to the max!!!!



[TheRealAirBlade]

just need balls of BIG steel...

[hernrafael]

This is a pilot is WIN!!!

[ostap341]

man , I was waiting for the guy to fall off when the all of a sudden 300 knot wind came.

[Peppinen]

Chuck Norris is adjusting!!

[blazing663]

lol this reminds me of merdock off the a team

[MCHIBullDog]

mexicans climb the pole.

white people sit on a helicopter.

[countolaf32]

*stall*

[mureleeish]

He's got a steady hand. Very nice work.

[tryithere]

These guys are nuts....but I mean that as a compliment.

[tdryan242]

goddamn they better be makin 6 figures

[flyzapva]

Lol this makes Balls of Steel look pathetic!

[clubwedd]

Them boys right there are making good money.

[nkx1]

What a waste of resources. Just climb the pole you lazy bastard.

[jsmallwood2007]

@nkx1 lol dont know much about lines work do you

[JustinWellssupport]

@nkx1 Maybe YOU should stop climbing poles. the meat pole that is you queer. this is amzing

[whatsdare]

probably safer then a ladder

[itekisan]

"Hey, we're just doing our job. Why do people always have to WATCH?" ;P

[benjyboba]

I've flow an r22 and i'd like to try and hover this Helicopter like this guy. Whats the wind like, he is an impressive pilot by any means. I wonder if I'll ever hover as good as him. I've only done 14 hours and i've done slope landings but I am impressed.

[jdjyasjgd]

FINALLY a video that nobody can hate on!

[itekisan]

@jdjyasjgd Already 4 had the platinum balls to do right that. There you go. ;)

[iflyplane]

what is he doing with the hook?

[originalorol]

how the hell he can hovering like that?

[bkymic]

Wow..that is so skillful it's hard to put into words.

[TheFisherman290]

Awesome hovering....

[leviterande]

wonder who of them burning more calories(and Brain cells), the cable working guy or the 10per second reaction pilot. Pilot must have reaction of lightspeed.

[JESUSISTHEONLYESCAPE]

NEVER EVER COMPLAIN ABOUT YOUR JOB!

[andysim232]

bet he gets paid well. lol

[white1846]

waw!!! excellent big mastery!!

[defender5151]

Just another day at the office.

[wallenp]

This is staring death in eye and not flinching one bit.

[atladventureboys]

Nothing like a gentle reminder that no matter how cool you think you are, you're just a little bitch compared to these guys.

[aligerous]

Hell of a way to make a living...both of them.

[RunningSwimmingMan]

loss of power, loss of tail rotor authority, or big enough gust of wind, and the two of you are dead... No gray area.... Wait a sec... the lineman, might actually have a chance at living, if he can manage to break his tether to the helicopter and doesn't end up getting hit by pieces of rotor, granted he might be confined to a wheel chair the rest of his life...

[djegets2]

ever heard of ladders 0.o ?

[Wurzelbert0]

lol, do you even know what happens when ur hitting the ground while touching those lines?

apparently not - youre getting fucking fried son! :D

[Leewenhooke]

If I were the guy on the platform, I don't know if I'd rather be clipped in so I didn't fall or unclipped so I could jump to the pole if the engine failed!

[frankygoestocanada]

@amiraldz1970 Pour ton information, juste pour l'hélicoptère, c'est entre 800 et 1000$/hre. Je te laisse deviner pour le reste...

Bonne journée

Frank

[frankygoestocanada]

@Callabris and on very high voltages like that, they have to wear special "metallic" overall to avoid a voltage differential between the toes and the nose :). But we are probaly saying the same things with different words.

Have a nice day

Frank

[frankygoestocanada]

@callabris In fact, the current doen't go "through" the worker and/or the helicopter, but contrarely to a bird (which is small) a helicopter that approch an electric line with such a voltage ( this line is probably over 69,000 volts ) it must put itself and the passengers " slowly " to the same potential. That's why they approch it with a metallic stik and it generates a "voltaïc spark" ( sorry, don't know how to say it in english ).

[amiraldz1970]

ça doit couter chère la réparation

[flightbase]

just awesome.

[apiafo]

i hope this guy aint doin this for 20$ an hour, thats what i call having BALLS

[n9233f]

@apiafo actually its around $8.50

[noobking111]

 damn. I love brave people.

[cashmab]

I would need to take a 1 hour nap after 4 minutes of that kind of intensity.

[frankygoestocanada]

Beacause of the power line... is still alive!

With a crane, it is very dangerous of an electric arc that could kill everybody around it. But with an helicopter, you are isolated from the ground, though in a safe place to work on a live powered line. Exactly like a bird landing on a wire. Because sometime, you don't have the choice to work on live lines... I know, I am electrician.

[noobking111]

@frankygoestocanada exactly! a helicopter is not grounded=no flow of electricity=safe. like you said how birds land on the line. people can hang on it too. it's just when they toutch the ground that it gets bad.

[Callabris]

@frankygoestocanada The current still runs through the helicopter and the maintenance man. Both pilot and repair man wear a special suit. The electricity flows around them instead of through them. with out it actually ground to the helicopter, it would not be a pretty site. They actually use a thing called a hot stick to connect themselves to the line. It's simply amazing to me how that can work so well. You are right it is the safest and most efficient way of working on those high power lines.

[drsg80]

its crazy...and thats wat it is!! as someone suggested y not use a damn crane and save so much fuel and danger!!

[Popsicle22754]

DAMN

[ketumbit12]

They sacrifices their life for the nation. What a nobel carreer

[fromindia2008]

@ketumbit12

You are right Sir ........ That's a noble career & they are the heros !!!!

[javierpollito1]

se juegan la vida, mis respetos para ese trabajo

[avionicswirenut]

All that most of us do is just flip on the light switch in our house...While these high power line workers keep the power coming....Kudos to all of the electrical workers that keep the lights on....

[swedishvolvo]

Wow what a job, I wonder how much they make. 

[cashman156]

Unbelievable piloting skills!!

[blakeythegaycakey]

wow use a darn crane!

[vici002]

@blakeythegaycakey its faster 

[11vert11]

They do this regularly in Whistler, B.C.

[sk805in]

Is a helicopter the best tool for the job??? haha

[maestrosVIP]

I DON'T BELIEVE THIS!!! so hard to keep it steady, Excellent pilot!!

[molrat100]

COOL! XD

[kevingenon536]

that's not stealing.

[charlesmar]

Bird boxes are never easy to install. What happened to the guy on the other side?

[itekisan]

@charlesmar ROTFL

[sukrino]

WOW,a high skilled pilot

[CGcompo]

HV + ground = dead

only way they can do is HOL

[103dingdong]

Hughes md500d

[famasdan]

that's truly amazing skill for both.

[Garrido252]

Thats we call a TEAM JOB...*****star

[vettebecker]

Brass balls for both.

[TheMrBizzl3]

@vettebecker brass, shit, im giving them the gold!

[Back4More42]

I was on a lunch break sitting at the picnic table behind the shop and saw a helo come up and much like the same in the video....so cool, rocked my day.

[Tjita1]

Imagine an engine flameout right there...

[skat0r]

intense

[Viperger]

Big respect to both of them

[Dongskie2]

@Viperger : AMEN!!

[tartamuditis]

@Viperger just letting u know bout ur top rated comment

[iriluu]

that guy had some serious balls

[IJariJuniorI]

yeah.. I saw a documentary in discovery or natgeo about dangerous jobs.. and shows this one as 3rd

[harrison359]

this is an excellent video. I had to zoom in with my video..Agrotors/haverfield but there was alot of wind on the day that I shot my video. Enjoy..thanks for posting this video..

[aviatormxpilot]

Although this job is not gounded to the power line, you should see the arching when they ground the helicopter to the high power cable! So not only is there the difficulty of of hovering , add the the movement of the maintence guy on the skid, wind and to top it all off it's teathered to the power line for grounding!

[gemwocoj]

surely this is against health and safety?????

[ripcurl010]

some people will do anything to steal electric

[VancouverCanucksRock]

Well hell, why don't you have a cup of tea while you're up there then?!

[Bornn368]

Dudes get paid some bucks for this work.

[phalanx332]

As a '269 private pilot I admire the stability shown by the pilot in this video. You really can't grasp the skill required for this action until you do it for yourself.  Nice Video.

[HelimanZ06]

gooogle: Farnborough Demo for NOTAR Helicopter

Pretty good description!

[Hammeron2M]

Does Hughes make a tail rotor shroud,it's less for the pilot to think about

and less risk I would think.A housing like the Dolpin helicoper.

[HelimanZ06]

Hughes is no longer making helicopters. They sold the type certificate of the 269 to Schweizer and the 500 to McDonald Douglas many years ago. Hughes first developed a NOTAR system that takes the place of a tailrotor in the 70's. It went to McDonald Douglas along with the type certificate and was later put into production. Videos show it backing into a tree line without damage.

Encased tailrotors basically improve the efficiency of the tailrotor.

[HelimanZ06]

I don't know that the enclosed tail rotor would lessen the work load on the pilot all that much during normal operation. It is still a danger to personel on the ground. If you are hitting things with your tailboom you have many more issues than just what your tail rotor is doing.

I fly a 269 and a major concern is when I land alone in areas with kids (and grownup kids) around. It is often quite difficult to keep them away during the cooldown. Also it has no rotor brake! Rearview mirrors?

[HelimanZ06]

Now imagine you are 50 miles off the coast of Cape Hattaras in 60 knot winds, limited visibility, 40 foot swells trying to pluck passengers from a sinking sailboat while trying to avoid the mast and guide wires.

That is the skillset of a Coast Guard pilot.

[HelimanZ06]

There is another great video on youtube:

TH-55 Dancing Queen

Heck of a piece of flying. Dennis is flying a mid-60's TH-55 that was used for flight training at Ft. Wolters in Mineral Well, TX for the U.S. Army. It is basically a fuel injected version of the Hughes 269 and has the Lycoming HIO360 powerplant.

[gmarte12]

that's not too hard...

the last time i hovered like that was 2 nights ago...

in my sleep.

[bwest30531]

He's got to be making a killer paycheck !

[HelimanZ06]

Not terribly difficult in calm winds. Just a matter of paying attention and staying in control.

[franktbird]

Yeah yeah yeah.

Try it .

Oh wait let me guess you've been doing it for years and actually have a degree in it.

[HelimanZ06]

Nope, no degree in it although have been flying since 1995. Have done "a little" hovering in hazardous environments though.

You?

[franktbird]

Yep.

Did it last month.

[MDgunship]

Need faith in both the polit and helicopter.

[indyboom]

He is the pilot,, he set it the chopper on auto pilot you dummy...

[turkishcobra]

Amazing skill and concentration from the pilot! Might be silly but, whats wrong with a ladder? lol, seriously tho dont those poles usually have pegs up the side that can be used as ladders?

[ItzNotGood]

I think the power poles are way too high/tall (I don't know whether you say high or tall in English..) to climb on those with a ladder.

[87foxx]

Some of these pole locations are not easily accessable with a vehicle, so this is the alternative...you should see what these guys do deep in the mountains.

[superjboy]

its not so much the poles being high thats teh problem, its that its just far easier and faster to just jump from pole to pole to do inspections and light repairs with a chopper

[somekiwidude]

and if you touch the line you wont get shocked because your not grounded so if the pilot is good it can be safer

[djjohanf]

This reminds me of my first hover........not

[sid77777]

this looks far to dangerous....

[somekiwidude]

its pretty safe cus hes not touching the ground so he wont get shocked

[vanbeukenmans]

DAMN that guy is GOOOODD :-O

[puchodog1977]

why dont they just drop him off. come back at lunch air drop a R E M and let him finish up.

[argheifonte]

!!!GREAT!!!!

[xhpas1]

What on earth are you saying? It's normal heli activity!!!!

[headstockfagburn]

Anyone viewing this with memories of learning to just hold a 'low' hover will appreciate the skill. Every trip out is different.

[marintoss]

Good pilot :) What is name of this helicopter ?

[xhpas1]

MD 500, a fabulous chopper, very agile.

[ekorrefreddan]

Bullshit!!!! Its hands on flying. Hate guys like you coment on things you OBVIOUSLY have no experience or knowlege of.

[treos85]

wow! super dangerous amazing piloting skills from the helicopter pilot

[SovietWeedle]

They use this method all over the world, the platform is brought up to the same voltage as the powerline, so the workment are free to touch the live wires, its one on the most common ways of fixing transmition lines

[mrfun07]

@SovietWeedle The lineman wears a metal mesh suit, much like medieval chain mail, just on a much lighter scale. The reason being, is the lineman, in effect becomes part of the circuit, as he is not grounded, but rather wearing a suit that is acting as a pathway as it absorbs any residual electricty in the magnetic field generated by the A.C. being sent down the line. A phase to ground fault is eliminated. He "Bonds On" to the power line, and goes to work...

[intoxicologist]

i dont know if you saw it but there was a very good programme called "richard hammonds invisble worlds" which uses special photography to show the electrical circuit when the line man attaches to the power cable

[drksid]

This type of repair technique is legal in what 3rd world country?

[xhpas1]

It is normal practice through all the "civilized" world, probably also yours......

[WeFlyTogether]

I did the same with my bicicle

[RACOS666]

U repaired power line from bicycle ? Wow ... how about now with skis

[famen2]

a GPS has an "fail-coverage" of minium 5 meters, this is the man flying with the help of an gyro-stabilizator.

[samuraifugitivo]

"a form" but not gps itself. Anyway, i wouldnt do that job for any money!

[pbarc552]

I can't imagine what would happen if this guy had an engine out bird. You'd have to be very fast to move away from those high voltage lines and get safely on terra firma. How would you do that if the horn went off saying your engine was low rpm? I mean its too late a second later. No time to tell the linesman either in that situation. Wouldn't it be alot safer using a two engined heli like a appropriate model 2 engine Bell or Astar?

[phalanx332]

Safer? You bet; however the '500 is used for this kind of work all the time with very good results.

[samuraifugitivo]

no gps, this activity has been made decades before gps was invented

[unclesara]

These men have balls that CLANK as they walk.

[cackerrrc]

awesome video and,kudos to the pilot.

also........ I can picture the linemen just eating lunch while on the side of the helicopter,flying around a few hundred feet up.

that would be such a mood killer if dropped his sandwitch.

damn i dropped my turkey and swiss,oh look its on top of that train.HEY Jeff, fly me in a little closer,i can reach it.

[farerse]

okey bob going down . catch it!

[oceanchaser]

one incredible skilled pilot and some serious courage for those men to do that kind of work to get up there on those high voltage lines to do repairs just incredible work I'm impressed. those guys get payed big bucks

[sciopadore]

Nice job!!

[mmnoorh]

what thee!!!!

[TIWAZI1]

Mechanic: S..t I've left my screwdriver in a bag on other side. Can you grab it for e mate?

Pilot: Sure, not a problem. Just hold a ster for a sec.

Mechanic: Whaaa? You idiot! I'm working here with high voltage if you did't notice!

Pilot: Ohh! Sorry mate. I'll just put a shoe under the ster. What kind of screwdriver you want?

Mechanic: Flat! Flat! You're useless mate! I'm telling you, I've use to be doing it my OWN.

[sciopadore]

HAHAHAHAHA!!

[KLQKPILOT]

that takes some nerves right there some that i don't have lol!!

[s1mmelOne]

Oo

amazing skillz

[spidey692003]

awesome flying.

Love the title... "complete trust in your pilot" ......... and for the pilot..... "complete trust in your engine......"

Love the 500 though, and if there was ever a job you couldnt be paid enough for in the helicopter industry....... this is it! Doesnt get much more dangerous than this..... In fact I'd probably take my chances flying Helo's in Irag or Afgan over this....... which would I rather do though... THIS!

TOTAL respect for pilot and workers!

[budd14589]

i bet they bet payed a lot

[outlaw662sr]

OK!!!  you can Have That Job!!

[MykillMetal]

lol i'd take that job anyday (pilot).....i'd be the mechanic too but i'd prefer to fly than do work

[undulaatikko]

he has to focus to keep that helicopter straight, the pilot is having more work than the mechanic because he has his every hand and leg in controls

[MykillMetal]

yeah....but as a pilot...i don't consider flying "work" because it's what i love to do...and no i think the mechanic has to be working harder because he is on the skids and he actually has to use tools and shit.....unlike the pilot who is sitting down doing what he has spent over 50 hours practicing to do.....it's probably like a walk in the park for him....as would it be for anyone qualified to do that

[oKidJokero]

WAT?

[harrison359]

video poster, is this agrotors ? I think I've seen those power line towers up that way. I have a video from agrotors too..a few years back but it's still awesome footage to watch over and over again..

[oceanchaser]

incredible skill to fly that steady

[bucknaked466f]

the Pilot is A SAVAGE

[pushitgently]

amazing control...excelent