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Icttutor 8th Jun 2021 8:27 am

New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
 
Hi folks,
Hope this is in the right place and that I'm not breaking any rules of the forum. Here's a link to some video footage of new sections of the Mast at Emley Moor being lifted into place.
Might be of interest to some of the community here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4mN45E9lRM
Video was shot and posted by Lee Collins.

AC/HL 8th Jun 2021 2:00 pm

Re: New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
 
How annoying. I have clear LOS and missed it. >((

Jeremy M0RVB 8th Jun 2021 3:42 pm

Re: New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
 
Impressive - lots of guy wires to avoid too. Is the lattice coming down soon then? It's a bit far from us to see any action, clear view but just a matchstick on the horizon...

mole42uk 8th Jun 2021 5:36 pm

Re: New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
 
Very impressive helicopter piloting.

paulsherwin 8th Jun 2021 5:39 pm

Re: New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
 
Looks quite a blustery day too.

Radio Wrangler 8th Jun 2021 5:46 pm

Re: New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
 
Weren't they looking for bids for the lattice mast last year?

Russian twin-rotor helicopter... no little windmill on the tail, very stable. It did a good job and was well-piloted.

David

Bazz4CQJ 8th Jun 2021 7:11 pm

Re: New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
 
There's a second Youtube video, showing about 5 minutes of action in real time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN2cMdi3qv8, where the skill of the pilot is even more apparent (helicopter being Swiss-owned).

Hat's off to all involved :clap:. When you drive north up the M1, there's that magical point a little north of Sheffield when Emley appears on the horizon, and you then know that you are definitely back in God's own country :wave:.

B

mole42uk 8th Jun 2021 7:38 pm

Re: New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
 
Engineering at it's best.

Guest 8th Jun 2021 8:22 pm

Re: New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
 
That was darn impressive, even more so to me, or anyone with a bit of "stick time" in helicopters, it looks so easy from the ground! I wonder what the accuracy needed to plonk those bits down was?

peter_scott 9th Jun 2021 8:47 am

Re: New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
 
That's a cute piece of filming.

Peter

Julesomega 9th Jun 2021 6:02 pm

Re: New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
 
The positioning was good to about ±2"; how does the pilot do that? You wouldn't see much through the floor, cameras on the underside would only give a rough view from, what, 100 ft above. Most of the sections were hollow so I should think there was a camera at the hook on which the straps were hooked

Radio Wrangler 9th Jun 2021 10:28 pm

Re: New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
 
There are fancy autopilots for helicopters doing construction and rescue work that will hold the aircraft fairly still in 4 dimensions, with controls to allow vernier movements. Still takes a skilled pilot to be able to get them into position in the first place and to handle things if they disengage.

David

dglcomp 10th Jun 2021 7:18 am

Re: New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Radio Wrangler (Post 1381250)
Weren't they looking for bids for the lattice mast last year?


David

Yes, now just to get a garden big enough :D

Radio Wrangler 10th Jun 2021 8:07 am

Re: New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
 
Fancying taking out a medium wave licence?

David

Trigon. 10th Jun 2021 2:53 pm

Re: New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Bazz4CQJ (Post 1381274)
There's a second Youtube video, showing about 5 minutes of action in real time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN2cMdi3qv8

I see that video has been edited since it was first posted...

Note now the sudden appearance of tag lines at around the 3:59 mark - the rather disconcerting bit where the guy ducked under the load to attach them has been cut!

Cheers

Bazz4CQJ 14th Jun 2021 10:04 pm

Re: New Sections of Emley Moor Mast being lifted into place
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Trigon. (Post 1381645)
I see that video has been edited since it was first posted...

Note now the sudden appearance of tag lines at around the 3:59 mark - the rather disconcerting bit where the guy ducked under the load to attach them has been cut!

Cheers

Yes! I did wonder about that when I first saw it; hope he's not had more than a talking to an his wrist slapped.


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