Helicopter flights with external load


Helicopter cargo flights - external load and sling.


Cargo flights with helicopter external load in construction projects where ordinary transport means are unavailable, is a growing business. Typically transport for building projects in mountainous areas or on islands along the coast, furnishings and other equipment to holiday homes without road access, are ideal for helicopter external load.
Use of helicopter external load, is also more delicate and careful against nature and significantly faster than alternative transport. . We have equipment and experience for helicopter external load flights. Both heavy lifting and less complex and lighter load assignments for helicopter external load transport.
For smaller load missions up to 2-3 tons total weight, it is often cheaper to use smaller helicopters due to ferry costs to the place of operation. A smaller helicopter may take longer time in the lifting operation, however the total price may be cheaper in small total weight mission for helicopter external load.
For helicopter external load flights, take us into the planning phase to optimize your helicopter transport. There are many factors to take into account and that total could greatly impact on the total price. Helicopter external load flights has many unexpected issues that may affect the overall result. Below are items that illustrate some areas it pays to use the expertise in helicopter external load flights. I.e. how to prepare various loads for external lifting.

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Helicopter external load - usefull information !

Loading and unloading environment

It is often tempting to take advantage of the helicopter total lifting capacity when you calculate costs for the operation. However, maximum weight lifts can often provide a higher total cost. Loading and unloading space can also be of great importance for the cost of the helicopter external load flight in this context.

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Locking cargo in helicopter external load

In helicopter external load the flights, we use cargo slings or strops, when the load is lifted for transport. These slings or strops  "lock" the cargo so that it is ensured safely for helicopter external load carriage. For the "lock" to work, the cargo must be prepared for and organized so that locking concept works.

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Helicopter external load - Cargo weight

The various types of helicopters used in external load flights, have different max. lifting capacity and weight limitations on repetetive cargolifts at standard conditions. It is very important in helicopter external load flights to not exceed these, as this can cause a lot of time for reloading.

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