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more about #windturbine more comments → Curves: All this technical talk is getting me hot. And airsick. more » GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga: OK, after some wicked Googling, I found out the company featured in the picture above. They are Uni-Fly A/S I found some videos on the YouTubes of t... more » Leandro Oliva: they should use ospreys more » bandit: 1. This has got to take more than 5 minutes of flight time to perform, so it's more than 5 gallons of gas. 2. There is no reason why there wouldn't be... more » Ryan Dearth: how much windpower does it take to run a helicopter long enough to fix a windmill? This seems a bit ironical more » strider_mt2k: Nice helicopter. Crazy ass work. I got about 100 feet up a 300 foot tower and I got bad vertigo and came right the hell back down. Aircraft? No proble... more » KyleCaballo: I look at this picture and all I see is a huge waste of money. I'll wager that the helicopter uses more energy in this maintenance procedure than tha... more » 92BuickLeSabre: Who is that guy? Bond. James, from Bond Air Services. more » NerissaJobo: You know what's unnerving? Standing underneath one of those things with the blades spinning. Then imagining the blade flying off. Scary as hell. more » danmandle: Interesting... On Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe, they show how they climb up the inside of the tower. These helicopter people must have been doing some q... more » GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga: And Tom Cruise wanted us to believe flying a helicopter through a wind mill farm was dangerous. God Damn Tom Cruise. more » Kaiser-Machead: You never really appreciate how huge these things are until some of us Lilliputian Sapiens climb aboard. more » discounteggroll: that's to scale? DAMN more » -
#crazy
Helicopters Used to Fix Giant Wind Turbines
If you ever wondered how they get up there to fix those giant wind turbines, here's the answer: Helicopters. And absofreakingnuttely crazylala mechanics. Updated with crazy video. More » -
#clock
6.5-foot Nendo Kazadokei Is Son of Clock and Wind Turbine
Standing 6.5 feet tall, the Nendo Kazadokei is a clock with a second hand that measures almost 5 feet on its own. It just stands there, quietly moving its arms, waiting patiently to sever any innocent passerby's head or scoop out an eye from their skull. See it standing up in all its majesty after the jump. More »
