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I wonder why they don't instead suspend the line worker something like 50 feet below the helicopter to give themselves more margin for error. I guess the curre
by foobarian 8y ago
I wonder why they don't instead suspend the line worker something like 50 feet below the helicopter to give themselves more margin for error. I guess the current method must be reliable enough that they don't bother.
- taneq 8y agoMaybe to give the pilot a better view?
- ryanmarsh 8y agoThen you’d have two problems. There’s more wind up there than on the ground. The lineman would get blown around. Imagine a yo-yo tied to a drone hovering above the top of a tall tree. Now try to hold the yo-yo perfectly on a leaf.
- kiallmacinnes 8y agoThat would mean a rope or similar, so the helicopter can actually take off.. that's not going to be stable! At the end of the day, any mistake at 5 foot or 50 foot away is likely to be fatal!