Helicopter Tree Sawing In The MD 500

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    Helicopter Pilot Jobs Tree Sawing In The MD Helicopters MD 500. From Kenny Keller Creator Of Helicopter Online Ground School and Author of the Amazon Best Seller Helicopter Check Ride. Hello I'm Kenny Keller, the creator of Helicopter Online Ground School and author of the book, Helicopter Check Ride. I had the privilege to go see one of my former students that started out with me over ten years ago, as a new kid right out of high school. Now he's a helicopter tree saw pilot. I spent two days watching him and his partner work the operation, the helicopter tree sawing and it was absolutely amazing. These guys work awesome together as a team. They work a crazy schedule, twenty-eight days, twenty-eight days off. They work really hard while they are away from their families and then they get a break and get to go home for twenty-eight days.
    This is an absolute amazing helicopter pilot job. I've been in and around helicopters for twenty years and I was completely and entirely amazed by this operation. The tree saw hangs below the helicopter from a aluminium tube. The tube basically just is a carry mount for the saw. The saw itself has a gas motor that drives the saws with a belt.
    The pilot operates the saw from inside the helicopter. He can start the unit, get the blade spinning and get them up to RPM. He can also turn the saw in relation to the helicopter depending on how he's cutting.
    The skill to fly this helicopter and manage the saw and stay safe and clear of the power lines, keep track of everything going on on the ground and make sure that you're not going to cause any damage to persons or property on the ground, it's just simply an amazing feat.
    If you enjoyed this video, please give us a like and a share and leave your comments down below.
    Jed does Helicopter Tree Sawing of all things. Trimming Trees along power transmission lines. I never even heard of that until he told me that was what he was doing. I have been impressed ever since. That’s a cool Helicopter Pilot Job! So I look down on the post, I see where I told him how proud I was of him. Then I read his reply to me. He says he is more proud of me for being his teacher! I don’t know how many people can really relate to how this made me feel. I sat back in my chair and just looked at the photo. I am thinking about everything I just posted here and then some. I am thinking about everything that I do.I am thinking about all the hardships, all the sacrifice I have made, the Helicopter Accident that I survived by absolute luck, I am thinking about everything! Helicopter Pilot Jobs. For me, sitting here, knowing that I get even partial credit taking Jed from day one, to the point that he is in in his life now. Is truly one of the most overwhelming feeling I have ever had. I am so very very very proud of Jed. This is only the tip of the iceberg of what I am feeling. I can not remember sitting down and completely writing from the gut without ever even looking back at the screen or trying to figure out what I am going to say next! Jed has an Amazing Helicopter Pilot Job!
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    Helicopter Pilot Jobs Tree Sawing In The MD Helicopters MD 500

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  • @1978garfield
    @1978garfield 6 років тому +1842

    Can you imagine the meeting with the insurance company?
    We are going to rig up a bunch of saw blades, power them with a gas motor, put them on the end of a long flexabile pipe and hang that from a helicopter. We want to use it around high voltage lines.

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  6 років тому +28

      Thanks for commenting: There are 8 more videos, where the entire crew is highlighted. ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html

    • @jderpz23
      @jderpz23 5 років тому +109

      Helicopter Online Ground School lol did you read the comment

    • @ChannelZeroOne
      @ChannelZeroOne 5 років тому +59

      Probably not, lol

    • @libenasukro
      @libenasukro 5 років тому +13

      I don't think there's any policy to cover this which would be affordable. My guess is they only have liability, nothing to cover the craft.

    • @salvatoreshiggerino6810
      @salvatoreshiggerino6810 5 років тому +39

      Helicopter Online Ground School: Thanks for responding by directly addressing the subject at hand.

  • @timeforthinkers7418
    @timeforthinkers7418 2 роки тому +10

    This was amazing as well as fascinating. I can't even begin to understand the skill it must take to do this job. Both the pilot and the saw operator are beyond belief.

  • @stanobert6416
    @stanobert6416 2 роки тому +6

    This happened by my house in NKY. Amazing skill! The second amazing thing was the massive mulched that turned everything to rich soil from all the dropped branches and trees.

  • @Tuglife912
    @Tuglife912 3 роки тому +3

    Love those MD-500F Little Birds!! Seen one today along a Georgia Power "Southern Company" Transmission Line in Central Georgia cutting trees like this here! Awesome video! 🇺🇸🚁

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  3 роки тому

      Very cool!

    • @Dan_Soundgar
      @Dan_Soundgar 4 місяці тому

      Im not a pilot, but i used to dream of getting a UH-1H, and take a saw mill into one of those cheap land locked properties, that are sold by the old growth timber industry for Pennies on the dollar, without the necessary right of way in. As a kid this was my way of cheating the system, at the highest cost possible I guess. But hey maybe the Huey would be a write off, lol

  • @flapjack413
    @flapjack413 5 місяців тому +1

    About 5 years ago, I was out for a walk, and was watching a heli fly back and forth across a mountain range on the other side of town. He appeared to be flying around with a log hanging from his whirlybird. I could not imagine what in the hell he was doing. Now I realize that it wasn't a log at all.. He was trimming the trees along the high tension lines up there! You learn something new every day!

  • @gshock200
    @gshock200 2 місяці тому

    The things that no one would ever think about in regards to what it takes to keep a countrys infrastructure moving efficiently and effectively.......these guys are awesome. I tip my hat

  • @donnaplotts3761
    @donnaplotts3761 3 роки тому +1

    I wish there was some way a person could personally watch. This is unbelievable. Can't get enough of it

  • @frankmichelson850
    @frankmichelson850 3 роки тому

    I am pretty sure this is the group I watched today in Hendersonville TN. It was rather gusty! His skills are amazing!

  • @AnthonyHigham6414001080
    @AnthonyHigham6414001080 5 місяців тому +1

    As a fixed wing pilot I absolutely hate power lines. The thought of flying so close to them is terrifying. Awesome flying skills.

  • @jamescargill4370
    @jamescargill4370 Рік тому +1

    The entire time I watched this, MY JAW WAS IN MY LAP! 😳😃

  • @suetaylor7441
    @suetaylor7441 3 роки тому

    It is amazing where there is a need, someone will come up with a solution. Awesome pilot great skill .

  • @jimbower9268
    @jimbower9268 2 роки тому

    I saw a guy at the Washington, MO airport doing this back in 2003. Amazing.

  • @johntopper9456
    @johntopper9456 3 роки тому

    There’s a helicopter tree saw in Mitchell County GA today. It is one the most amazing things I’ve seen seen.

  • @fredkeele6578
    @fredkeele6578 Рік тому

    Ive watched an outfit like this trim power line easement before. Crazy. These pilots are probably very good and have big cajones.

  • @donkeller6456
    @donkeller6456 9 місяців тому

    2 came through my property last week they are awesome to watch D Keller

  • @swanoflove6833
    @swanoflove6833 2 роки тому

    I love the md500 , its such a nice helicopter -,w,- , one of my favs!

  • @general5104
    @general5104 3 роки тому +1

    That close to transmission lines...it's amazing that aluminum connector pole doesn't glow, from the close proximity tho the lines and that high of RF in the air !!!

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  2 роки тому

      Thanks for the feedback.

    • @lennygemar1021
      @lennygemar1021 3 місяці тому

      It isn't close enough for any induced current from the power lines to have any effect. And there isn't any RF (Radio Frequency) in play with this activity. The power lines are not transmission antennas. It's only 60 Hz AC in the wires (or in some cases just DC). Have you seen how they wash or inspect those power lines from a helicopter? Those videos are cool also. ua-cam.com/video/9YmFHAFYwmY/v-deo.html

  • @a-aron2276
    @a-aron2276 Рік тому +1

    I just love how this is the Best option humans could come up with,
    "Hey, Jim, so I was out the other night and had this great idea in the pub! and wait for it, it's swinging a giant saw sword from a helicopter near high voltage transmission lines, that'll get those trees clipped!"
    Like it's actually comical 🤣

  • @ronaldgreen5292
    @ronaldgreen5292 2 роки тому

    One of my favorite helicopters ever! The Hughes 500, formerly, then, McDonald Douglas aviation company took over, and is now the M.D.-500!👍🇺🇸 With it's "rigid rotor-head", and high rotor rpms!, This is the "flying sports car", of small helicopters! A great performer, since the military version of it in 60's. The Allison C-18, and later C-20b turbine engine s were small enough to fit in a car! Made between, 250-450 shaft horsepower, depending on the year-generation and model. Very reliable!!

  • @oldschooljack3479
    @oldschooljack3479 5 місяців тому

    Quick question...
    At the beginning the pilot shouts, "Clear!"
    I get that. It warns everyone that he is preparing to start the engine and the prop will be in motion...
    Then you hear the engine spooling up. But it winds up for a time before the prop starts to move.
    Why is that? Is there a clutch (perhaps centrifugal) that engages the transmission to turn the prop?
    Always wondered why the delay between engine start and prop rotation.

    • @fomomofo6917
      @fomomofo6917 5 місяців тому

      I believe what you are hearing is the 2nd engine firing up. I believe there is a smaller engine that initially spins up the primary engine.

  • @LabiaLicker
    @LabiaLicker 6 місяців тому

    Watching this I couldn't help but wonder if there are ever concerns with capacitive coupling with working in such close proximity to high power transmission lines

  • @Treeguybill
    @Treeguybill Місяць тому

    That is great tree trimming with a helicopter, Pge needs that in cali , they could get a handle on the problem!!!

  • @The0zCR
    @The0zCR 3 роки тому

    I saw this in person it was so awsome one of the best things I've seen in my life I seen it once and I'm 49 it was cool as hell

  • @apeman505
    @apeman505 Рік тому

    Ooof, piloting while keeping the blades oriented while avoiding slicing through the power lines that are RIGHT THERE looks pretty tough! Plus every time a branch gets caught in the saw you have to pause and lower altitude so someone can run in and un-stuck you? Wow, lots of respect to the pilot!

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for commenting

    • @pastoryoda2789
      @pastoryoda2789 8 місяців тому

      This is how my def uncle lost his penis while he was peeing in the woods on top of a tree.

  • @ryanhell921
    @ryanhell921 8 місяців тому

    Seen y'all in Waco Georgia a couple years ago, pretty f--kin' cool for sure!

  • @swanoflove6833
    @swanoflove6833 2 роки тому

    oh my gosh this is so cool i would love this

  • @normg2242
    @normg2242 9 місяців тому

    Wow, you certainly taught him well...!!!

  • @TheGholiday
    @TheGholiday 2 роки тому

    The level of control is amazing.

  • @williamyoung5991
    @williamyoung5991 2 роки тому

    Awesome!!....wow!!

  • @Big.Ron1
    @Big.Ron1 2 роки тому

    That is cool! Thank you.

  • @sivayamsiva9343
    @sivayamsiva9343 Рік тому

    Wonderful Helicopter sawing trees video, really great, thanks for sharing very useful detailed information congratulations 🙏

  • @frisk151
    @frisk151 Рік тому

    Truly amazing piloting skills...

  • @tommynikon2283
    @tommynikon2283 7 років тому +366

    Never in a million years would I have guessed this contraption.....

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  7 років тому +33

      Yeah it's crazy!

    • @thomaslance1082
      @thomaslance1082 7 років тому +3

      Tommy Nikon Seriously.

    • @dylanfoxaygameh5281
      @dylanfoxaygameh5281 7 років тому +11

      idk why but when I saw the title I was like..wow a helicopter cutting trees with its blades o-0 now that I got to see but I found out that's not the case but this is amazing :3

    • @wellcraft2136
      @wellcraft2136 7 років тому

      Maybe in two million?

  • @bobbybrown1738
    @bobbybrown1738 Рік тому +1

    Awesome!

  • @josephmontgomery9080
    @josephmontgomery9080 5 років тому +30

    I spent alot of time working for contractors, and did most of my time flying in the army. As part of the crew not an aviator of course. But, what you guys do is beyond words. All I can say is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  5 років тому +1

      Thanks for commenting!

    • @stephenfogle8699
      @stephenfogle8699 Рік тому

      @@HelicopterGround yeah it’s amazing alright, when you have to go back a clean up the ton of debris they leave lay in your roads and fields more work that you didn’t plan on, never anyone there to clean debris up. You won’t recognize it when I leave, got that part right.

  • @NorthOlbo
    @NorthOlbo 6 років тому +317

    Takes "dont run with scissors" to a whole new level...initial prototypes must have been interesting.

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  6 років тому +6

      interesting thought. I bet the prototypes were entertaining

    • @bradyn4212
      @bradyn4212 5 років тому

      northolbo lmao

    • @refusoagaino6824
      @refusoagaino6824 5 років тому +2

      I agree, this makes no sense to me. It's an accident looking for places to happen and mechanically, there are hundreds of maintenance points that need attention hourly. Can't they bury the wires or put them in a 'pipeline', something closer to the ground that would halve this maintenance ordeal? They still have to clean up all the twigs, this is about forest fires and property liability. This is why a 'decentralized' grid is so important. Main transmission lines (this is a small one) should be limited by distributed power generation from renewables. Get rid of the power lines, let the forests grow naturally.

    • @krom26
      @krom26 5 років тому +5

      the initial prototype was a bunch of chainsaw wielding guys harnessed in a row to the dangling line. = )

    • @almorris171
      @almorris171 5 років тому +6

      @@refusoagaino6824 Is that you AOC?

  • @macnudd
    @macnudd 7 років тому +102

    I agree with the narrator, incredible skill!

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  7 років тому +11

      Yes!

    • @mikedebear
      @mikedebear 7 років тому +4

      macnuth Amazing precision, this guy has skill! The power companies in the Northwest are moving away from these saws- they tend to make large fir trees explode more than neatly trimmed. This saw design was causing them more problems than it was fixing.

    • @Titus-as-the-Roman
      @Titus-as-the-Roman 7 років тому +3

      KellyAnn please believe me when I say this is much safer than sending people on foot up the sides of these mountains with all their gear to trim these trees, they would then be littered with death and injury, it's necessary, there would be power black-outs every time the wind got up. We should be thankful there's people willing and able to do this.

    • @veortox330
      @veortox330 7 років тому

      Titus Tucker why would they send people up a mountain to cut down a tree. :D

    • @erikhoolihan92
      @erikhoolihan92 7 років тому

      They were not cutting down trees. Only trimming them away from power lines.

  • @SPL-6
    @SPL-6 5 років тому +421

    The fact that modern technology can lift this guy's balls up in the air and hold it there is mind blowing.

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  5 років тому +5

      Thanks for watching and commenting!
      To learn more here is a playlist, featuring this crew: ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html

    • @bryanst.martin7134
      @bryanst.martin7134 5 років тому +20

      Not that amazing when you consider Helicopters don't actually fly. They beat the air into submission.

    • @NorthTexasEagle1989
      @NorthTexasEagle1989 5 років тому +6

      lol made me spit on my computer screen.

    • @adamrouse7930
      @adamrouse7930 5 років тому +4

      found the 14 year old with the 'this guy has huge balls' because he did something that took guts comment

    • @timwhitley7948
      @timwhitley7948 5 років тому +7

      @@adamrouse7930 I couldn't agree more, and I want to know what kind of pants he can get those massive balls in.

  • @connorvaughn6460
    @connorvaughn6460 5 років тому +7

    That has to be one of the most impressive and talented pilots I've ever seen in my life.

  • @patrickhayes3099
    @patrickhayes3099 6 років тому +21

    Stellar use of a great tool. Takes real finesse to fly close to power lines, bravo! While rotary wing time is costly, must be much cheaper than ground crews, especially on rough terrain or remote locations.

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  6 років тому +1

      You are exactly right! Thanks for watching, There are 8 more videos, whereas the entire crew is highlighted. ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html

  • @WathanaPrak
    @WathanaPrak 6 років тому +190

    This looks really safe!

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  6 років тому +1

      There are 8 more videos, whereas the entire crew is highlighted. ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html

    • @nickdesert7304
      @nickdesert7304 5 років тому +1

      iRepairMD UA-cam i now

    • @YouTubeExplore777
      @YouTubeExplore777 5 років тому +2

      OSHA says it is

    • @migdolmielies
      @migdolmielies 5 років тому +1

      😂😂😂

    • @Ballards1971
      @Ballards1971 5 років тому +6

      A LOT safer than a guy in a 100ft Bucket truck with a Pole Saw in their hands !! This is 1000 times faster also !! I used to Clear Power lines when younger !! This is the way !! This is AWESOME !!. A 20ft Saw on the end of a Cable, Hanging from a HELICOPTER !!!!! Who would think !?!?!?!??.

  • @tombaker2523
    @tombaker2523 5 років тому +8

    I've been in the line clearance business for decades as well as a lineman I am impressed beyond belief hats off to you men

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  5 років тому +1

      Awesome Tom thanks for commenting!

    • @verteup
      @verteup 2 роки тому

      Linemen don't clear shit. Tree climbers do. Veg crews. Linemen ain't part of no fucking veg crew.

  • @vwlover4677
    @vwlover4677 5 років тому +8

    I've seen this thing is action! I was riding ATVs in the power line trails, then I seen this coming/cutting from a distance and really freaked me out! It is a amazing machine! The pilots are fearless!

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  5 років тому

      Thanks for watching. To learn more here is a playlist, featuring this crew: ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html

  • @austin1839
    @austin1839 7 років тому +763

    Squirrels must hate this thing.

    • @AlaskanPotHead
      @AlaskanPotHead 7 років тому +19

      austin1839 that would be a great follow up video! All the unlucky squirrels lmao!

    • @jeremymcadam7400
      @jeremymcadam7400 7 років тому +25

      click here to find out why!

    • @Mastermind8908
      @Mastermind8908 7 років тому +6

      I don't think they live long enough to.

    • @johnnyfavorite1194
      @johnnyfavorite1194 7 років тому +8

      austin1839 That's why I love it. Squirrels are entities of pure concentrated unfiltered chaos. Their little eyes are black pools of Evil.

    • @davidfarmer2049
      @davidfarmer2049 5 років тому +1

      nah they get their claws trimmed for free.....

  • @TarragonMom
    @TarragonMom 5 років тому +14

    I saw someone trimming trees along a road in North Carolina this way once and had to do a double take. When I told friends and family they thought I was making it up. This contraption is definitely something unbelievable.

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  5 років тому

      To learn more here is a playlist, featuring this crew: ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html

    • @theredneck-oning9393
      @theredneck-oning9393 5 років тому

      and flying saucers ua-cam.com/video/G-3vlbhqzGg/v-deo.html

    • @yamahonkawazuki
      @yamahonkawazuki 5 років тому

      what happens if the saw gets stuck in the tree and well it could be messy if pilot doesnt know@@HelicopterGround

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  5 років тому

      To learn more here is a playlist, featuring this crew: ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html

    • @auralharmony1
      @auralharmony1 5 років тому

      #Emily I live in Blowing Rock NC and saw two trimmer pilots in Food Lion they were trimming trees on the TN/NC border never knew such a thing existed !

  • @IndianaDundee
    @IndianaDundee 5 років тому +1

    I saw this helicopter-saw in a movie in the '80s when I was a kid. I always thought it was a prop made especially for that movie. What a great helicopter piolet and an amazing piece of machinery. Thanks for posting this video @Helicopter Online Ground School.

  • @carltoni.2749
    @carltoni.2749 7 років тому +259

    **accidentally cuts powerline**

    • @winterispretty6464
      @winterispretty6464 7 років тому +3

      Crap...

    • @jacobbob09
      @jacobbob09 7 років тому

      That actually has happened to my area twice so far this year. We got out of school one day so I won't complain.

    • @wilsjane
      @wilsjane 7 років тому +14

      *Accidentally forgets to turn the saw off before landing*

    • @leonstansfield
      @leonstansfield 7 років тому +9

      *accidentally chops up a small child climbing the tree's

    • @bigpig187
      @bigpig187 7 років тому +1

      "Being a small child climbing at 20 meters of the ground next to powerlines"

  • @ryankc3631
    @ryankc3631 7 років тому +1813

    What could go wrong?

    • @JROD8796
      @JROD8796 7 років тому +67

      FALLING CHAINSAW OF DEATH

    • @pjmoran42
      @pjmoran42 7 років тому +159

      Dear investor...I going to start a business flying an unstable vehicle with a set of dangling high speed carbon tipped rotating saw blades on the end of a long metal bar near some high voltage power lines in restricted airspace and swing it through some inaccessible trees on the top of a mountain. We will only have one pilot because the skill level is so high that no-one can train for the job. Oh, and I can't get insurance because it so unique that there is no amortization table available for risk assesment. .... GO FOR IT ... someone has to be first.

    • @royhoco5748
      @royhoco5748 7 років тому +20

      nothing could go wrong, nothing at all

    • @MasterShot-ke1mr
      @MasterShot-ke1mr 7 років тому +10

      roy hoco especially on high-tension lines when the phase is stacked vertically like it is one on top of the other​. each line set it's a 3-phase at 60 hertz each one is a third off of the other one as far as the standing wave is concerned so touching the one next to the other one they are at the same phase you're just going to complete the circuit with no problem. but if you touch two on the same side together Bang! you'll short 240 kilovolts. as each of the three phases are stacked one on top of the other with the parallel to each on each side

    • @bocatcc
      @bocatcc 7 років тому +5

      Adventure Ryan that's why this guy makes lots of money

  • @robertlane6431
    @robertlane6431 4 роки тому +2

    Wow, I saw this in one of the James Bond movies but totally thought it was just Hollywood make believe!
    Its amazing that this is a real thing. All my respect goes out to the pilot.

  • @JamesManning-tu6rs
    @JamesManning-tu6rs 5 років тому +1

    I would never have known that this work was ever done! Who would have thought? I would be terrified trying to do what these guys are doing. I don't think many people could "multitask" like these guys! Great job!

  • @Stangil1
    @Stangil1 7 років тому +690

    So this giant stick of death is ok but I can't own a pocket knife with a blade longer than 3 inches. :P

    • @abrb1223
      @abrb1223 7 років тому +7

      Caleb Duke Or Michigan....

    • @nicholaslandolina
      @nicholaslandolina 7 років тому +7

      Stangil1 This is a tool... enough said and they are licensed

    • @trevord.6545
      @trevord.6545 7 років тому +27

      NICHOLAS LANDOLINA a knife is also a tool

    • @DerekDeVere
      @DerekDeVere 7 років тому

      I have a 5 inch blade is that illegal?

    • @TheMacroSlacker
      @TheMacroSlacker 7 років тому +2

      'mmmurica! Mah Freedoms!

  • @peanutmeisterofficial
    @peanutmeisterofficial 7 років тому +221

    Dear santa...

    • @michaelreyes6258
      @michaelreyes6258 7 років тому

      J_b0rn c0nfus3d_R lmao

    • @Jacks__Garage
      @Jacks__Garage 7 років тому +3

      You could kill a whole lot of choomahs with that

    • @wyzapple
      @wyzapple 7 років тому +5

      It's just like hedge trimming...but bigger.

    • @mudzbe8414
      @mudzbe8414 7 років тому

      What you talkin abit?

    • @Dougy
      @Dougy 7 років тому

      J_b0rn c0nfus3d_R shy guy?

  • @charlesw9875
    @charlesw9875 5 років тому +1

    The delicacy of the touch-down landings at 4.20 and 5.15 is unbelievable. That's one hell of a pilot.

  • @johnr.1036
    @johnr.1036 5 років тому +1

    Absolutely unreal. This operator obviously knows what he's doing "so close to the power lines" WOW. A great video.

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  5 років тому

      Thanks for watching. To learn more here is a playlist, featuring this crew: ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html

  • @lerch122
    @lerch122 7 років тому +137

    i would not have believed it if i did not see it

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  7 років тому +12

      Thanks for commenting!

    • @effyoo6081
      @effyoo6081 7 років тому +5

      paul white agreed. if this was a friends story., I'd think he's was a liar!

    • @CombraStudios
      @CombraStudios 7 років тому +2

      I wouldn't've believed even if I saw it coming

  • @davidfriesen7748
    @davidfriesen7748 5 років тому +1

    That is a good pilot, can't believe how much different tree branches must change his flight. WOW !!

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  5 років тому

      To learn more here is a playlist, featuring this crew: ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html

  • @TarHeelBrit
    @TarHeelBrit 6 років тому +7

    WOW simply wow!!. I've seen the avenues cut through forests for power lines but always thought it was maintained by ground crews. Never did I imagine it was kept so neat by a guy in a helicopter using a circular saw on steroids. Kudos to the pilot and his instructor.

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  6 років тому

      It is cool!!!

    • @nastyforyou7342
      @nastyforyou7342 5 років тому

      Tar Heel Brit.
      The work is done by crews in trucks...
      The helicopter gig is ridiculous and not to mention counter productive

  • @superbmediacontentcreator
    @superbmediacontentcreator 6 років тому +159

    "The World is Not Enough."

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  6 років тому +1

      Check it out, There are 8 more videos, where the entire crew is highlighted. ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html

    • @bdogjr7779
      @bdogjr7779 5 років тому +1

      Bond...James Bond

    • @anthony10370
      @anthony10370 5 років тому +4

      YESS! I came to the comments specifically to see this! running around the piers haha.

    • @usmcdevildog5569
      @usmcdevildog5569 5 років тому +1

      Superb Media Content Creator That's what I thought

    • @atomiklan
      @atomiklan 5 років тому +1

      Think this idea came from the movie, or vice-versa?

  • @roguedrones
    @roguedrones 4 роки тому +8

    Madness and Genius are sometimes only separated by a thin line. The kind of line a flying chainsaw cuts in a row of over-grown trees.

  • @BogWraith1
    @BogWraith1 5 років тому +3

    Reminds me of the chopper pilots in 'Nam who hovered over an LZ during a firefight extricating a wounded soldier while being shot at! Skill level of this pilot is awe inspiring, PLUS he's got balls of steel to do this every time he hooks up to that locomotive band-saw! Whatever he's getting paid, it's not enough!

  • @smallz1975
    @smallz1975 7 років тому +37

    The World Is Not Enough brought me here!

  • @FrederickDunn
    @FrederickDunn 6 років тому +164

    I hope those pilots get paid the BIG BUCKS as that's some serious flying skill and I can imagine the frustration when wind and weather doesn't cooperate.

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  6 років тому

      Check out more helicopter saw videos ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html

    • @monzred7081
      @monzred7081 6 років тому +6

      Right! Do you see those electrical lines, one mistake then boom

    • @Shrikant_Patil
      @Shrikant_Patil 5 років тому

      isn't it why someone do this stupid but skillful thing

    • @silvermediastudio
      @silvermediastudio 5 років тому +4

      They likely have a rather low threshold for wind when they will cancel an operation or not even go out. Just like with cranes.

    • @disqusmacabre6246
      @disqusmacabre6246 5 років тому +3

      Whatever they are paid, it's simply not enough. When I think of all the people that it takes to keep our lights on and all of our machine machining and all that had to happen to keep the tricity-juice flowing through tron-pipes, well helicoopter pilots were not one of the jobs on my list. Then, a couple years ago I watched several YT videos where helicopters were used to bring workers up to the towers supporting high-tension lines (i.e. the big stuff). Just like these chainsaw pilots, it required pilots of extraordinary proficiency. Hats off to the people who do these jobs well. Can you imagine telling someone who inquires about what you do for a living, "I pilot a giant flying chain saw in close proximity to very high voltage power lines and the towers that support them. So what fo you do?"
      "Me? Oh nothing important."

  • @tonyditata9245
    @tonyditata9245 5 років тому +1

    This is another 1 of the gr8 helo videos, I would say this second to the guys who do repair work on those power lines! I absolutely LOVE helicopters! Esp. the 500, & notars!

  • @andrewprentice9116
    @andrewprentice9116 5 років тому +2

    "saw" one of these in IL a few years ago in person...wow! Very impressive to see in real life..

  • @lazyrrr2411
    @lazyrrr2411 5 років тому +4

    Worked at a power plant project , watching this Chopper doing it's work around the site 🚁💨 No one could really see , so THIS is VERY Interesting 👍

  • @DanielMartinez-yp4wo
    @DanielMartinez-yp4wo 8 років тому +91

    Is it just me, or does flying the helicopter and sawing the trees look strangely fun?

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  8 років тому +8

      +Daniel Martinez Yes it's very cool!

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 7 років тому +6

      +Johnny Cajon
      Pretty sure piloting a copter, in a "high-pucker-factor" mission like this, is a LOT more fun than mowing the lawn, LOL.

    • @LF-lv4ov
      @LF-lv4ov 7 років тому +3

      Johnny Cajon I'm sure this job is a lot more fun than urs

  • @enyaw1948
    @enyaw1948 5 років тому

    It never ceases to amaze me the innovation that go on in this world,

  • @martentrudeau6948
    @martentrudeau6948 5 років тому +1

    No guts no glory, we honor these guys.
    Stay safe and the Lord be with you.

  • @AGAZILLION
    @AGAZILLION 5 років тому +8

    "so what do you do for work?"
    "I cut fully grown tree sized hedges with a helicopter attached to a pendulum of doom and destruction."

  • @abdurrahmansahin7043
    @abdurrahmansahin7043 4 роки тому +56

    I thought that pilot would use propellers to saw the trees.

  • @kingeris1657
    @kingeris1657 5 років тому +2

    In all my life. never have I seen this before. Wow. This is awesome.

  • @gsm1021
    @gsm1021 5 років тому +1

    I watched guys do this a few years ago. The pilot had great flying skills.

  • @DEVINE.IMAGE.
    @DEVINE.IMAGE. 5 років тому +60

    Husband wins the lotto babe I'm just off to get a hedge trimmer for the garden comes back with this weapon

  • @humanbraininrobotbod
    @humanbraininrobotbod 5 років тому +10

    This looks like something designed by Wile E Coyote. Just kidding.... awesome video and incredible pilot skills.

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  5 років тому

      Thanks for commenting!

    • @dummkompf
      @dummkompf 5 років тому

      It really does! if you want to trim your trees, with the side effect of completely killing them off becuase this thing makes a million errant cuts instead of 1 clean one (leading to infection and all kinds of other problems for trees), then this is the way to go!

  • @carl6956
    @carl6956 4 роки тому +1

    He must be very proud of his former student, a big thumbs up.

  • @jamesdoermann233
    @jamesdoermann233 5 років тому +1

    Most excellent flying rotorcraft pilots are the best! God bless you and be safe

  • @ambiguouswindow9051
    @ambiguouswindow9051 6 років тому +18

    Hedge trimming on a whole new level

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  6 років тому

      Thanks for commenting

    • @w8stral
      @w8stral 5 років тому

      Been doing it for many many many many decades. Welcome to some knowledge

  • @alexhooge8477
    @alexhooge8477 7 років тому +173

    Bird in its nest worst nightmare

    • @ChePennyDK
      @ChePennyDK 7 років тому +19

      Humans are the planet's worst nightmare!

    • @alexhooge8477
      @alexhooge8477 6 років тому +7

      ChePennyDK ill agree with that, we are a self destroying species!! #saveatreeeatabeaver

    • @jeepman1467
      @jeepman1467 6 років тому +5

      If you feel that way then do us all a favor and leave.

    • @alexhooge8477
      @alexhooge8477 6 років тому +6

      phil hughes make like a tree and fly

    • @VUclear
      @VUclear 6 років тому +2

      @Alex. If a person was doing this job by hand, do you think that birds' nests would fare any better? Life is pretty rough and tumble out in the wild. Survivor birds have probably learned not to build nests too close to power lines.
      @ Phil Hughes. Thanks for sharing the fact that you're such a tough, standup ...s******d.

  • @4lostinamerica
    @4lostinamerica 5 років тому +1

    I had a few hundred hours in a D model back in the mid 80's and your video brought back some great memories, some long lining, but no tree sawing! I remember on my check ride being disappointed with the school bus performance after hearing so much about the "Porsche" of helicopters. It turns out, after the flight I went to tighten the frictions and they were already tight, I never backed them off before the flight. No wonder it flew like our FH1100! Great Video.

  • @tcbwayne
    @tcbwayne 5 років тому +2

    Amazing. Not just the equipment, but the skill of these pilots are ..........., I don't know if there is a word to describe it. Great feats guys.

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  5 років тому

      Thanks for commenting!

    • @aceichner
      @aceichner 5 років тому

      Are you thinking of a six letter word? Starts with 'st' ends with 'pid'? I sure kept thinking that watching this.

  • @leegarfield4774
    @leegarfield4774 7 років тому +312

    would come handy in a zombie apocalypse.

    • @harvester0181
      @harvester0181 7 років тому +6

      annoying to clean..

    • @SilverStarHeggisist
      @SilverStarHeggisist 7 років тому +6

      Lee Garfield yeah, just make it horizontal

    • @harvester0181
      @harvester0181 7 років тому +2

      I feel we need to consult the female portion of this society to test these theories, asap :D

    • @AWSimDrifter
      @AWSimDrifter 7 років тому +4

      Until your helicopter runs out of fuel which, judging by the amount of refueling shown in this video, would be quite quickly.

    • @wellcraft2136
      @wellcraft2136 7 років тому

      Video was time lapsed...refuels about every two hours.

  • @needsmoreboosters4264
    @needsmoreboosters4264 7 років тому +40

    This is an actual thing? Wow... engineering is great.

  • @fernandog.aguirre2791
    @fernandog.aguirre2791 5 років тому +2

    Just amazing, Americans always find another way to amaze me with their inventions and creativity, regardless technology! Well done!

  • @doobalittledoobalot
    @doobalittledoobalot 7 років тому +84

    And I can't even parallel park

    • @businesswoofer
      @businesswoofer 5 років тому +1

      @Yourtube User lol parallel parking is ez

    • @darkshadowsx5949
      @darkshadowsx5949 5 років тому

      you must have had a bad teacher. its easy when explained correctly...

  • @swatsullivan
    @swatsullivan 7 років тому +8

    Next to Christmas Tree harvesting, this is probably the most incredible helicopter flying I've seen! Very cool. Great video

  • @DaveC.5
    @DaveC.5 5 років тому +1

    Wow! I know enough about helicopters, saws, and powerlines to know that you have to be really good, really ballsy, or both to do that job!

  • @MrMotionmac
    @MrMotionmac 5 років тому +22

    I hope that guy gets paid a lot because that job is dangerous as hell.

  • @DonCramon
    @DonCramon 7 років тому +42

    That! Should be a weapon in GTA V!

  • @ORGANIZEDCoNfUsioN
    @ORGANIZEDCoNfUsioN 5 років тому +1

    Wow those are some incredibly skilled pilots. What a wild machine, I love it.

  • @christopherfitch7705
    @christopherfitch7705 5 років тому +3

    This guy is so talented he can run the aircraft and the saw at the same time...I would have thought two people

  • @choppergirl
    @choppergirl 8 років тому +182

    I like the guys in Vietnam their cut their own emergency extraction landing spot out of the bamboo with their own rotor blades

    • @roberts7107
      @roberts7107 7 років тому +3

      I read about something like that in the book "Chicken Hawk".

    • @sting2689
      @sting2689 7 років тому +5

      Nothing like a good huey

    • @iambobbert
      @iambobbert 7 років тому

      Adam Baker Not a Huey

    • @sting2689
      @sting2689 7 років тому +3

      They flew a lot of hueys in vietnam which is what I was talking about.

    • @iambobbert
      @iambobbert 7 років тому +2

      Adam Baker They flew a lot of these also. We called them LOHs. I don't understand your comment. Has nothing to do with video or comments. Forgive me for missing your point

  • @rickrodriguez7118
    @rickrodriguez7118 5 років тому +12

    Cool! Im buying a battery powered hand saw and a drone to do my bushes!

  • @JWRay-xh9wl
    @JWRay-xh9wl 5 років тому +1

    That's just badass,I wondered when I saw trees alleys by power tower lines how they got that trimmed so straight,genius....

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  5 років тому

      Thanks for watching. To learn more here is a playlist, featuring this crew: ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html

  • @jayfleegle9455
    @jayfleegle9455 5 років тому +3

    I’ve seen these guys in action in Ohio , there the best of the best. 👍

  • @Run4Kova
    @Run4Kova 5 років тому +180

    STIHLicopter

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  5 років тому +3

      Good one. Here is a playlist, featuring this crew: ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html

    • @almorris171
      @almorris171 5 років тому +2

      HeliVarna

  • @jimmyd6988
    @jimmyd6988 5 років тому

    Had those guys use my property as their refueling spot several years back -very cool.

  • @petert8807
    @petert8807 5 років тому +2

    Wow! I learned on bell 47s and did turbine transition on hughes 500, crewed a uh60 in iraq..... but wow! My pulse raced imagining the tremendous variables at play every single second of the flight. And, 28 days on! Ha, my hero!

  • @TylerBaraby
    @TylerBaraby 5 років тому +7

    There has got to be a more effective and efficient way to accomplish this...
    It would definitely make for an interesting GTA6 vehicle though. Could even base a mission on it.

  • @trydenrocks
    @trydenrocks 5 років тому +50

    But can it cut a BMW in half?

    • @HelicopterGround
      @HelicopterGround  5 років тому

      Yes, Here is a playlist, featuring this crew: ua-cam.com/play/PLKQ9FHtslrv3_yeVnB9KAcniRFkHbgDoa.html

    • @bryanst.martin7134
      @bryanst.martin7134 5 років тому +1

      Since they are made of Aluminum, yes.

  • @CRAIGMEDIALABS
    @CRAIGMEDIALABS 4 роки тому +2

    athis is awesome! the sound at the beginning! Wooooooooowwww! thanks for putting the engine start sound in the video! i love this!