erice 732 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 robinson helicopters don't do well in nz in windy conditions the blade can decapitate the pilot more commonly just take slices off the cockpit bubble, but the result remains the same today has been a bustlerly day in ak because you can't see the wind it is continually underestimated esp. in the southern hemisphere https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/108254605/emergency-services-at-avondale-concrete-structure-collapse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chariot 243 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Not good when tilt panels fall over. Work safe will be all over that site and so they should. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
khayyam 77 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 getting distinctly blustery -- gusting 60 at tiri now. not an excuse for that event though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 you shouldn't fly a robinson in this swirling +/-pumping wind and you neither should you have 15mtr concrete panels propped up by sticks ... this northern hemisphere style of construction is not suited to 1% of our days but as it's an invisible killer there are no eye-witness Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 512 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Friends don't let friends fly in Robinsons, just saying How do you get a Robinson? Buy a farm and wait... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazyhorse 47 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Those panels are drilled on site after being lifted into position by crane then fitted with dyna bolts and propped up. Safe enough but the ground bolts have to be set into solid well cured cement, this isnt always the case. The crews who specialise in this kind of construction are very good at it like Highprop and with the huge amount of panels that go up around the place (theres about 20 along side the driveway at Norsand at the moment), its rare this happens. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chariot 243 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 It's not as rear as you may think Crazyhorse. I do not like walking past the bloody things on windy days. Was on a site a few years back when a couple fell over. Big panic because an apprentice plumber was unaccounted for. Turned out he had gone to a site in town and hadn't signed out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazyhorse 47 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Well, delivered loads for wilco, Stevies when they were in riora drive when driving for mach movers and never an issue when the dyna bolts are put in correctly. I knew the guy who was crushed at Hobsonville some years back when several panels were bowled by a tornado, a nice guy who delivered prefab steel for Goeorge Grant Engineering and was told the dyna bolts were not fully locked in. Incidentally erice, the maximum length for trucked to site precast panels is 40 feet. There is no 15m. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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