There is a helicopter in San Francisco grabbing things from the top of a skyscraper and lowering them down?pic.twitter.com/qFf6tc0LCY
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Oddly proud that a snippet of a video I took in my bedroom while half asleep made it into local news:http://abc7news.com/traffic/helicopter-delivers-hvac-unit-to-hotel-in-downtown-sf/3404289/ …
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This, by the way, is how a synchropter (intermeshing rotor helicopter) looks up close. No tail rotor required!pic.twitter.com/FN4Cy0I3tR
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Which now reminds me of fascinating gun synchronizers, allowing guns on planes to shoot directly through the propeller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronization_gear … (“Among other attempts to get around this was the expedient of firing straight through the propeller arc and hoping for the best.” 0_O)
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A year ago we didn’t know the building next to us was doing a large engineering project. This was outside our window. They did at least 6 pickups from the trucks on Lower Wacker and the weather was not kind. Mad props to those that do this job!pic.twitter.com/Oaf7xq9xer
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Seriously. I know perspective compresses things, but it felt like it was right next to that skyscraper.
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I guess somebody did the math of setting up a crane for several days, blocking the street under it, trucks, etc vs hiring one of those fancy helicopters for 2 hours. But you don't see it often, that's for sure.
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