Helicopter Cherry Drying Orientation Flight (HD)
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- čas přidán 18. 06. 2022
- This is a video of a typical orientation flight that I do with cherry drying pilots who come to work with me every summer. The main purpose of the flight is to show the pilot (Rick, in this case) where the orchards are and the kind of obstacles to look out for. He's got my iPad with the outlines of the orchards in ForeFlight, as well as a book of maps. As I'm flying in this video, I'm pretty much focused on my task at hand, so there isn't narration -- just our cockpit chatter, which is mostly all business.
If you have questions about cherry drying, you really need to check out this playlist: • Cherry Drying
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About Me and the Helicopter
- I have been flying for about 22 years. My nearly 4,000 hours of flight time is in Robinson R44, Robinson R22, and Bell 206L (Long Ranger) helicopters.
- The helicopter in this video is a Robinson R44 Raven II that I've nicknamed Wyrking Byrd.
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About the Video
- The video was recorded with two GoPro Hero 8 cameras and a GoPro Hero 7 camera. I used ambient audio from just one Hero 8 for the helicopter sound, dialed down by 10 decibels from normal volume so it wouldn't be annoying. I also had a Hero 7 connected to the helicopter's intercom system with an NFlightCam audio cable (amzn.to/31syLTm) to record audio from the radio and intercom system. (So yeah -- I had four cameras going.)
- The "cockpit cam" front-facing camera was mounted with my current Instrument Cam set up, which you can learn about in this Behind-the-Scenes video: • Behind the Scenes: Coc... . It's based upon a MyPilotPro Helicopter Mount (mypilotpro.com/product/helico...) modified to get the height I need. The "skid cam" was mounted on the pilot side skid using MyPilotPro GoPro Airplane Mount (mypilotpro.com/product/mypilo.... (I might make a special video about this setup later in the season for Channel Members and Patrons; look for it!)
- The video was edited on a iMac using Davinci Resolve 17 software. Learn more about it here: www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod...
- The intro music is by Bob Levitus, famed "Dr. Mac." You can find him here: www.boblevitus.com/
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Once again, I was thoroughly absorbed by the minute details you were reviewing with the new pilot. Helicopter flying is such a fascinating hybrid of new tech, old tech, and almost no tech, but all applied to extract every ounce of utility from a machine. Thanks for posting!
Drying cherries takes a huge amount of work doesn’t it , you pilots sure have to have your wits about you with all the lines etc that can ruin your day . Thank you for a real educational video , enjoyed that I did 👍🏻🚁
Rick seems like a really cool guy! I look forward to the upcoming videos this season. As always thanks for sharing them with us all.
It is absolutely beautiful there ! Thank you for sharing your videos. I think you have one of the coolest jobs that exist.
Thanks!
Hey Maria, got the cap in the mail today. Looking good. Thanks.
Thank YOU! And sorry about the delay.
Bring some Cherries for me Maria!
Cherries are almost ready here in the UK too.
Always love your vids Maria! 👍🏻🇬🇧
Thank you! 😃
I could watch these videos for days on end! Love it! I have to contend with flying helicopters infront of my computer, but thats pretty fun as well! :D
thank you, hello Texas! nice flight ALL be and stay safe
Another great video. Thanks for sharing and fly safe.
👍'd and commented! 😉 p.s. some of _us_ like a 👍, too!
I enjoyed the ride-along, and the orientation, too! Cheers-
There, I went through, and 👍'd, everyone's comments _(after I read them, of course)!_ Cheers-
Wires very difficult in Cherry thing!
Nice to see new content from you. I haven’t noticed any in a while ;)
Subscribe and turn on the notification bell. This is my third video this month.
Another amazing video!! Was wondering if your gonna do another nice over the Rick's episode sometime in the future. Even if it's a though would be amazing because you 2 combined makes epic content!! Lol. Keep up the amazing work
Thank you for sharing. The sound is more on the left than on the right with headphones.
If you can only capture the sound like that, when editing you can put the track of the sound in "mono" in your software (if the option exist), this workaround should resolve the problem.
The seat belts might be loose so when long lining you can see outside the helicopter and for the gunner when doing game capture as you need to be outside the helicopter to shoot the net gun.
You're probably right. In the pilot seat, it seems like the inside shoulder strap is looser than the outside one -- perhaps so he can lean over and look out his door. Thanks for sharing that insight!
What are you looking for on the cherry trees I enjoyed your flight on the helicopter
Did you get a new Helicopter?
Is there an ideal Helicopter for Cherry Drying or does it vary with the size of the Orchard, distance between Orchards...? I remember a video you posted that had a Huey Helicopter for Cherry Drying
It's mostly orchardist/orchard manager preference. Some helicopters are unsuitable -- Robinson R22s, for example, are too small to be worthwhile.
@@FlyingMAir Would the Huey you flew in or a Turbine Robinson or Turbine Bell Ranger be too expensive to operate drying Cherries since a R44 can do it cheaper?
What's LBF?
The name of an orchard.
@@FlyingMAir Thanx ML!
23:50 Growth is gonna happen. Can't say "Don't build it and they won't come;" they're coming anyway. And the way of the world seems to be when growers have decided to hang it up before the government taxes it all away, they'll just sell out to a developer and keep more of their hard-earned wealth. It's a shame for the community but you can understand where the property owners are coming from. Fact is, I'm seriously considering moving to Wenatchee or someplace along the east slopes of the Cascades, because I'm now too close to Portland and want nothing to do with their politics or the culture there. Unfortunate because I've lived in Vancouver for the last 34 years and always loved the community. Now it's getting to be Portland Lite, and now that I'm retired and my wife is gone I want a little bit slower pace and a quieter environment.
I get it, but it still makes me sad.
There are places out beyond Wenatchee that are not only quieter and less developed, but cheaper to buy in. Entiat, if you like the river; Waterville, if you like flat farmland; Quincy if you like both. And that's just around here.