You will get used to it, honestly did better then most the first time long lining from an Astar. Coming from the bell longline is not an easy transfer. I find just like any chopper the load will have its happy spot that it likes to sit, difference with the Astar is you have to trust that if you fly till your over that sweet spot visually the load will follow even if you cant see it till the last 50 feet. also coming in with the wind left of your nose is even more beneficial being able to cock out and bring your spot in through the side door. Once you get more comfortable that's when you can slam on the breaks bring that load out in front of you and walk it in, I'd try it with the empty hook first though. Happy Flying!
In my 7 years of bush piloting I use to do a ton of long-lining with a 120 foot line. I preferred door off with heat cranked and raingear on. Vertical descents into standing timber... super challenging... wicked fun!
Mate, Your videos are some of the best I've seen. you dont talk like a pilot and your editing is great and best of all, you're not bloody promoting some crap product. Please keep it going.....
In an 18 wheeler right out side of the passagers door and about 30 or 40 feet down the side of the truck are completely blind without contortions. Camera's are a life saver.
For your first time longlining with an Astar you did very well. I’ve only ever longlined with an Astar so I have nothing to really compare it to, and some days I just can’t seem to get the load or hook to where it needs to be, others it’s a breeze… One thing to be careful of with the Astar is the longline getting caught on the springs at the back of the skids. I’ve made it a habit to always land with the longline out between the front of the skids, that way there’s virtually zero chance of catching the longline on the springs…
Love these vids, just finished my license here in BC also and it's great to get a behind the sences look at a mission like this. It's sweet you employer lets you post this kind of stuff. Didn't get to try any longlining during my training but it does not look easy 👍
I’m a skipper at sea buddy and I’m telling you, I do the same getting on a new boat and thinking it’s just like the last. It’s a massive learning opportunity and don’t let it knock your confidence.. Chill out a little, you’ve got this
I'm doing my licences right now and I've been to the Yukon before. Now I just want to go back there with the Heli. Thanks so much for these videos man! So inspiring and exciting.
I’m a fixed wing ATP (US) currently trying to convince myself to go back to school and get my rotor addons. The price is hard to swallow but these kinds of videos make it pretty tempting! Looks like a ton of fun.
Great video with fascinating inside views on how difficult it is flying longline with another helicopter model than you are used to. Anyway I admire all sling line pilots for doing this multi tasking job. Very nice editing and great view on this beutiful nature! Thanks!
I want to do this, always loved helicopters but the course is so expensive, gonna cost me over 100 grand at the school I hoped to attend in abbotsford BC. So its still a dream but seeing the content and been in a few myself, its just one of the coolest things
I'm really happy I had the Astar as my first longline machine. First time in a 407 was such a dream! No wonder you guys make it look so easy. That's because it is! hahaha. You're giving yourself a hard time though that didn't look so bad for a first time. I've seen and done much worse. Just takes some time
Great video mate, you live and learn, it's all experience, and you did alright considering, new chopper, crappy visibility etc. the ASTAR is known to be more unstable. There was a fair amount of wind, all in not bad mate, objective complete. 👍💪👏🇦🇺🍻🥃
Superb video dude. What you’re doing looks pretty tricky to me anyway - bubble window or not! I think you did a grand job of self analysing your performance with the help of the footage. Nice one. 👍
Great video... Benefits is that you have gotten that experience and already are planning how you might approach that job differently. The AStar is well known for being squirrely near the ground due to that big belly... I recognize your machine from its rego and paint as being one of the former Remote machines... I still wear hoodie and use my coffee cup often!! 😎 I think one of the best STCs for the 350 was the vertical reference door that got rid of that little dinky floor version... I would bet that if you got a chance to fly one of those doors, you'd impress even yourself!!! blue skies and love your content!!!! 👍
Great video! Question: why use a long line when no tall tress/obstacles around; when a shorter line would give you more control over the load, and especially when flying a relatively new type for sling work?
Hey man, 100ft is the industry standard. It keeps the the downwash further away from the guys on the ground and lessens the likelyhood of loose objects on the ground from damaging other things or the helicopter
Translating tendency is the only force different = Side to side wobble. Yaw pitch and roll remain the same muscle memory. You'll be Okay P.S. put the long line up front of your LZ as you land. Mind your heal springs...
Shuffle over to the left as far as you can, put all your weight on your right butt cheek. That puts your head over a few inches and really opens up the sight picture. Losing the shoulder harness helps a lot too. You’ll want your helmet damn near smacking the door. Good luck. I think the Astar is the hardest platform to longline out of.
Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. I was able to work in Switzerland for a few years as a flight assistant and mechanic. I am therefore aware of how difficult it is to work with a long line. The nature in Canada is simply fascinating, beautiful and always worth a trip. I've already been able to visit eastern Canada once and I'd love to visit the west as well. Until then, I'll be following your videos, so thank you again. Stay safe 💯💪🙋♂
The outside gauge on the bell has the two most limiting factors to the aircraft, MGT (measured gas temperature, which is how hot the exhaust gasses are exiting the final turbine stage measure in degrees celcius) and Torque, which is a direct force measured within the transmission to indicated how much horsepower is being transferred from the engine to the drivetrain.
6:00 is it antilegal (aganst regs) to setup a camera faceing DOWN that you can drectly hook into a tablet for monitoring?? so you can even see it on your phone or tablet, or? ... right there off to the side, but NOT TAKIN EYES TOTALLY OFF PANEL AND REMOVING FORWARD FIELD OV VIEW.... and watnot??? STAY SAFE!! :) MAKE GOOD CHOICES!! :)
There are two, one aimed at the skids and another down the length of the long line to see the load; but there’s only so much you can do with a series of mirrors
As well as getting proficient and therefore comfortable using a sling window, what is preventing you from slinging with your usual proficiency, I suspect it’s your lack of application of the aerodynamic further effects. You need to transfer your muscle memory control inputs from an American helicopter (407) to this helicopter type From observing this video, there are a couple of other issues that can be easily overcome if you apply the techniques associated with the basic theoretical knowledge of slinging from a helicopter Send me a message if you would like some advice…
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You will get used to it, honestly did better then most the first time long lining from an Astar. Coming from the bell longline is not an easy transfer. I find just like any chopper the load will have its happy spot that it likes to sit, difference with the Astar is you have to trust that if you fly till your over that sweet spot visually the load will follow even if you cant see it till the last 50 feet. also coming in with the wind left of your nose is even more beneficial being able to cock out and bring your spot in through the side door. Once you get more comfortable that's when you can slam on the breaks bring that load out in front of you and walk it in, I'd try it with the empty hook first though. Happy Flying!
In my 7 years of bush piloting I use to do a ton of long-lining with a 120 foot line. I preferred door off with heat cranked and raingear on. Vertical descents into standing timber... super challenging... wicked fun!
Lovely editing. Long cuts when needed and that laptop pan out was superb.
Glad you liked that 😂
I have over 2k hours in the Astar , I was a LE pilot and absolutely loved that thing. Fantastic helicopter.
Mate, Your videos are some of the best I've seen. you dont talk like a pilot and your editing is great and best of all, you're not bloody promoting some crap product. Please keep it going.....
Dude I needed that ♥️ thanks man 🤙
Well said, just an Aussie doing his bit and keeping it real. Love your videos brother. From another Aussie back in Sunny QLD rock on! Fly safe. 👍💪🇦🇺
Admitting that you need gain more experience in a feild is better then being oblivious to your faults
The only thing I know is that I know nothing
I like your humility out there. Will keep you alive. Keep the videos coming!
In an 18 wheeler right out side of the passagers door and about 30 or 40 feet down the side of the truck are completely blind without contortions. Camera's are a life saver.
I worked next to RHK all summer in Edson, Hinton and Mayo last year, Alex was an awesome pilot to work next to!
For your first time longlining with an Astar you did very well. I’ve only ever longlined with an Astar so I have nothing to really compare it to, and some days I just can’t seem to get the load or hook to where it needs to be, others it’s a breeze… One thing to be careful of with the Astar is the longline getting caught on the springs at the back of the skids. I’ve made it a habit to always land with the longline out between the front of the skids, that way there’s virtually zero chance of catching the longline on the springs…
Another great video! Thank you for portraying the life of a bush pilot. Looks like so much fun!!
Love these vids, just finished my license here in BC also and it's great to get a behind the sences look at a mission like this. It's sweet you employer lets you post this kind of stuff. Didn't get to try any longlining during my training but it does not look easy 👍
I’m a skipper at sea buddy and I’m telling you, I do the same getting on a new boat and thinking it’s just like the last.
It’s a massive learning opportunity and don’t let it knock your confidence.. Chill out a little, you’ve got this
Dude's got a guitar. Looks like a hunting/drinking camp. Love the AS350!
Thoroughly enjoyed that one Darc'. Thanks for sharing your work part of the world. Simply beautiful.
I'm doing my licences right now and I've been to the Yukon before. Now I just want to go back there with the Heli. Thanks so much for these videos man! So inspiring and exciting.
Love to see your channel growing I remember working under you up in the arctic stay safe up there.
Haha no way? Where was that?
I’m a fixed wing ATP (US) currently trying to convince myself to go back to school and get my rotor addons. The price is hard to swallow but these kinds of videos make it pretty tempting! Looks like a ton of fun.
Loved the video. Brings back memories when I flew for Okanagan Helicopters.
Great video with fascinating inside views on how difficult it is flying longline with another helicopter model than you are used to. Anyway I admire all sling line pilots for doing this multi tasking job. Very nice editing and great view on this beutiful nature! Thanks!
Lovely spot, great flying (and video/editing).
Nothing but envy for your skills and office location!
I want to do this, always loved helicopters but the course is so expensive, gonna cost me over 100 grand at the school I hoped to attend in abbotsford BC. So its still a dream but seeing the content and been in a few myself, its just one of the coolest things
I can definitely see that going from a bubble window in the Bell to a floor window on the Astar is a big transition. Love your thoughts and analysis.
Amazing video! Love to see your flights and variety of jobs you do.
Thanks for that, really enjoyed the scenery and commentary!
Superb video, living vicariously through your content!
You are right, that scenery is beatiful.
Superb video! Good job, precise hover! 😉Astar/Squireel/Écureuil is one of my favourite helicopter. (Last month I flew one of them.That was awesome!)
Great video. Brought back some good old memories.
Thx for sharing! Keep em coming this is great content for both heli and great scenery!
I'm really happy I had the Astar as my first longline machine. First time in a 407 was such a dream! No wonder you guys make it look so easy. That's because it is! hahaha. You're giving yourself a hard time though that didn't look so bad for a first time. I've seen and done much worse. Just takes some time
I hang on the end of the line in a harness for CDFL rescues, some pilots are definitely better than others. Beautiful country up in the Yukon.
Great video mate, you live and learn, it's all experience, and you did alright considering, new chopper, crappy visibility etc. the ASTAR is known to be more unstable. There was a fair amount of wind, all in not bad mate, objective complete. 👍💪👏🇦🇺🍻🥃
Superb video dude. What you’re doing looks pretty tricky to me anyway - bubble window or not! I think you did a grand job of self analysing your performance with the help of the footage. Nice one. 👍
i love these videos please never stop making them :D
Good skill using the longline. . . hey ground guys all around the world, wear a hi vis shirt!
Great video... Benefits is that you have gotten that experience and already are planning how you might approach that job differently. The AStar is well known for being squirrely near the ground due to that big belly... I recognize your machine from its rego and paint as being one of the former Remote machines... I still wear hoodie and use my coffee cup often!! 😎 I think one of the best STCs for the 350 was the vertical reference door that got rid of that little dinky floor version... I would bet that if you got a chance to fly one of those doors, you'd impress even yourself!!! blue skies and love your content!!!! 👍
Great Darc. Always learning 👍🏻
Those sceneries - wow!
what a wonderful work!
All good. You have one of the best jobs on earth!
Fly safe.
Oh...and I hope those guys put that fire out properly before leaving camp!?🤔🤞🏻
Dream job right there... 👍🏻👍🏻 Always heard the pay was shite for helo pilots though.
It’s not uncommon for Heli pilots to make 100k in a summer nowadays
Great job mate!
Remotes old SD2. Beautiful to fly
Coolest job EVER!
Great Video!
Funny hearing a fellow aussie refer to it as an Astar.
I can't cope, it's a squirrel 😂
Here we go again, I found a goldmine in the shape of a RUclips channel
ur job is exciting .....beats my customer service work any time of the day
Great video! Question: why use a long line when no tall tress/obstacles around; when a shorter line would give you more control over the load, and especially when flying a relatively new type for sling work?
Hey man, 100ft is the industry standard.
It keeps the the downwash further away from the guys on the ground and lessens the likelyhood of loose objects on the ground from damaging other things or the helicopter
Translating tendency is the only force different = Side to side wobble. Yaw pitch and roll remain the same muscle memory.
You'll be Okay P.S. put the long line up front of your LZ as you land. Mind your heal springs...
Shuffle over to the left as far as you can, put all your weight on your right butt cheek. That puts your head over a few inches and really opens up the sight picture. Losing the shoulder harness helps a lot too. You’ll want your helmet damn near smacking the door.
Good luck. I think the Astar is the hardest platform to longline out of.
What a dream job
It is a really nice basket you got there 🤭
Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. I was able to work in Switzerland for a few years as a flight assistant and mechanic. I am therefore aware of how difficult it is to work with a long line. The nature in Canada is simply fascinating, beautiful and always worth a trip. I've already been able to visit eastern Canada once and I'd love to visit the west as well. Until then, I'll be following your videos, so thank you again. Stay safe
💯💪🙋♂
West is best 🤙
Man, I’d have eyes in the back of my head for bears, near a river filled with salmon.. 👀
Great video...thank you....new sub too...!!
Some friendly advise; secure your water and coffee bottles when flying...you're taking a risk of those interfering with your pedals.
I'm not a heli pilot (only fixed wing) but I heard the Astar is more challenging to fly because it's 3 bladed?
good one mate, are you back downunder for the fire season?
Na I’m going to skip the Aussie fire season and stay for Canadian Citizenship instead 🤙
😂 amazing run-up take off with 30%-40% rotor speed … yeah, that really sucks flying with these power parameters… 😂😂
Cool clip, How do you like the Lift helmet? Did you buy it here in Aus or in Canada?
I bought it through an Australian dealer
It’s a good helmet!
Hey, love your videos, are u instrument rated?
keep up the good work.
Hey man, thanks. Na I’m just a day VFR dog
Hi, i am interested to become a bush pilot. Do you have any advice? Do you have a specific way to get into it, you would recommend?
Get your helicopter license in Canada. bush flying is all they do.
@ Do you how to do it private or are there programs/ companies which pay you and then have to work for them for 10 years.
@@j.d.g6073 negative. you start at the bottom with a company that does the work. then you work your way to the top
What is the outside gauge on the Bell?
The outside gauge on the bell has the two most limiting factors to the aircraft, MGT (measured gas temperature, which is how hot the exhaust gasses are exiting the final turbine stage measure in degrees celcius) and Torque, which is a direct force measured within the transmission to indicated how much horsepower is being transferred from the engine to the drivetrain.
@@bushpiloting How hard is it getting used to the rotor going the wrong way?
honestly, not very.
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Took me about 100hrs of lifting to get friends with the squirrel HAHA
Just need a drill job to really hammer it in now hahah
whats your background if ya dont mind me asking?
did you fly fixed wing before helis?
Got my Heli license in 2013 when I was 19 and have been flying commercially ever since
What is the gauge on the 407 skid?
Torque and Exhaust temperature
Hi mate, do you have a link for you're helmet i have to replace mine ?
liftaviationusa.com/pages/av-kor-fixed-wing-helmet
6:00 is it antilegal (aganst regs) to setup a camera faceing DOWN that you can drectly hook into a tablet for monitoring?? so you can even see it on your phone or tablet, or? ... right there off to the side, but NOT TAKIN EYES TOTALLY OFF PANEL AND REMOVING FORWARD FIELD OV VIEW.... and watnot???
STAY SAFE!! :)
MAKE GOOD CHOICES!! :)
and awesome scenery!! :) THANKS FOR SHAREING!
howd you get into this id love to know
It’s a long story which started in 2013, but I’ll get round to it eventually
We called them the falling star in the Gulf of Mexico. They had a bunch of them crash and kill a few guys.
Don't beat yourself up too much. Although I do the same and I think it's how you get good.
❤❤🚁🚁🚁🙏🙏😎✌️
Can't you get an outisde mirror ?
There are two, one aimed at the skids and another down the length of the long line to see the load; but there’s only so much you can do with a series of mirrors
As well as getting proficient and therefore comfortable using a sling window, what is preventing you from slinging with your usual proficiency, I suspect it’s your lack of application of the aerodynamic further effects. You need to transfer your muscle memory control inputs from an American helicopter (407) to this helicopter type
From observing this video, there are a couple of other issues that can be easily overcome if you apply the techniques associated with the basic theoretical knowledge of slinging from a helicopter
Send me a message if you would like some advice…
Thanks bro but I’m sure it’s just one of those things that takes time and reps
are they brokeback mountaining each other in the woods? looks sus haha
I take the 407 all day over a AS350
Maaaaaaate. Yr a FUCKIN LEGEND bro!! Living the dream & humble like a true Ozzie taking it ON Mate. ❤️ ya work!!!
Where do you people get your money where did you steal it from.
Oh poor you you have to move ya head.