Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/09/25/what-its-like-to-fly-a-helic.html
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It is normal when first piloting a Prawn suit to feel a sense of limitless power. Prawn operators receive weeks of training to counteract this phenomenon. You will have to make do with self-discipline.
Edit: in all seriousness, while helicopters compare poorly with fixed wing aircraft in terms of safety per flight hour; I suspect that it is more than a bit comforting to be distinctly not a logical path to earth when working in the proximity of big damn transmission lines; and flying at least gives you that.
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yeah, this.
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I’d love to have been there for the original thought process behind a dangling helicopter saw.
I imagine that it was something like this:
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It’s not a chainsaw, geez.
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helicopters with chainsaws.
Need for daily commute…
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Why does everyone insist on calling this a chainsaw? A chainsaw has saw teeth on a chain. It’s right there in the name, first five letters.
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What it’s like to be in the path of one of these helicopters:
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When they mention a team of dedicated mechanics maintaining the “chopper”, do they mean the helicopter or the saw? Both?
It’s a chopper with a chopper attached!
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helicopter equipped with a massive dangling chainsaw
…and I call this installation “Toxic Masculinity”
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Loud?
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I came her specifically to see the comments about this not being a “chain saw”. Thank you.
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Okay, epic cage fight: this beast in one corner, and the helicopter/saw hybrid in the other. In the middle of the ring is a pool with a massive great white with a laser stuck to it’s head.
FIGHT!
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How about sawchain, i.e. a chain of saws?
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Wasn’t this is in a James Bond movie?
Yes it was(ish): https://youtu.be/rF1vfMM3W08?t=135
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Did you notice in the video, the helicopter was flying backwards? Flying backwards while dragging the spinning blades of doom!
Do you want sawcoin? This is how you get sawcoin.
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I reserve judgement until its a flight sim add on, or at least a level one can play in a shoot&loot videogame.
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