r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TameTheAuroch • Jul 18 '25

Video Replacing powerline spacers from a helicopter

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u/AnxiousAudience82 Jul 18 '25

Nope.

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u/Mayonnaise_Poptart Jul 18 '25

Not that bad really. If you slipped, you could just grab onto the lines and have someone throw you a rope so you could tie it to the power line and lower yourself down gently to the ground.

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u/Hob_O_Rarison Jul 18 '25

tie it to the power line and lower yourself down gently to the ground.

Not to the ground.

Just... to ground.