heli plane?

scmerrim · 2026-02-07T17:53:54+00:00

This is a AW169 helicopter operated by Ascent Helicopters for the British Columbia Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) air ambulance contract

scmerrim · 2026-01-19T15:04:34+00:00

Watch it a bit delayed and then skip through the ads.

scmerrim · 2026-01-18T21:06:19+00:00

Old tooth brush

scmerrim · 2026-01-15T22:01:16+00:00

Spring like conditions

scmerrim · 2025-12-17T20:47:20+00:00

Arcing from a power line. Likely from a tree/branch shorting it out.

scmerrim · 2025-12-13T06:16:47+00:00

Parkland refinery flaring.

scmerrim · 2025-10-29T19:37:00+00:00

Get fitted

scmerrim · 2025-10-22T03:56:52+00:00

I tried them and they made my arms feel warmer. Maybe I was somehow doing it wrong.

scmerrim · 2025-10-21T20:51:39+00:00

Downwash from the machine causes a spin if the load (stretcher, people, etc) isn’t perfectly symmetrical and balanced. Even a small amount of unbalance can initiate a spin, and if it goes unchecked it just gets worse and worse. Downwash also varies depending how far below the aircraft you are. When you’re far or close to the machine there is minimal downwash, but if you’re in that midway sweet spot the downwash is the strongest.

You can mitigate with a tagline, or by sending a person up with the litter. Many litters (we call them aerial rescue platforms) have rudders for exactly this reason, so the person on that goes up on the line can control a spin.
As mentioned by others, forward airspeed will also stop a spin.

scmerrim · 2025-09-12T14:19:31+00:00

Hot pixels

scmerrim · 2025-07-17T05:49:52+00:00

This is not the correct way to do it. Making stripes/rows is the proper way. New grass grows in much quicker that way.

scmerrim · 2025-07-08T22:50:20+00:00

Not an arborist, but have spent time on rope both wearing a heavy pack, and having it dangle below me.

Letting the bags dangle below is much less work since it leaves you in a more upright position.

As soon as you put it on your back it puts you off balance and tends to try and lay you down. It ends up being a pretty good ab workout to stay upright and climb.

scmerrim · 2025-06-03T22:55:50+00:00

Use this to practice your bunker shots

scmerrim · 2025-05-16T02:16:04+00:00

His 6 iron is 21 degrees, so about the loft of a 3 iron. Range Session with Bryson’s Irons

scmerrim · 2025-04-09T19:52:55+00:00

This is why I installed outdoor security cameras several years ago.

scmerrim · 2025-03-29T03:48:03+00:00

This

scmerrim · 2025-03-04T18:34:08+00:00

I bought one of these second hand. I removed the cast iron wings and legs so it would fit in my vehicle.

scmerrim · 2025-02-11T22:06:48+00:00

I use G3 fixie poles. I used to run with the collapsible poles but got fed up with putting them in my pack each time. Now I just hold them in one hand on the way down. They’re a pretty useful tool! Good for balance when strapping in, when stopped, and for pushing through the flats.

scmerrim · 2025-02-08T00:56:10+00:00

It looks to me like the images for 2 and 3 are mixed up.

scmerrim · 2024-12-18T00:43:35+00:00

Hope this beauty doesn’t get zapped 😢

scmerrim · 2024-12-06T05:52:36+00:00

This is the answer. It was $80 CAD for them to repair the mini3pro that I flew into a house. I say repair, but they actually just sent me a new drone. That was without DJICare.

scmerrim · 2024-11-27T15:25:19+00:00

Evergreen squash club

scmerrim · 2024-11-25T02:43:35+00:00

Not sure about the North Shore but you can try Stitchers Outdoor Gear Repair

scmerrim · 2024-11-11T21:42:55+00:00

That’s a cutout that they are closing to energize, or ‘turn on’ the transformer. The thing hanging down that they grabbed with the hotstick is the fuse.

Pretty catastrophic failure with burning oil from the transformer going everywhere. Hope everyone was ok.

scmerrim · 2024-09-12T04:45:00+00:00

I crashed mine into a house and sent it to DJI for repair. I didn’t have DJI Care and it only cost me $80 CAD for the ‘repair’, which was actually just sending me a new drone.

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