Wreckingball from helicopter used to remove unstable rock in Norway (Oppdølsstranda)

[@DominikusTV]

Reminds me of when on a road in Norway came upon a sign that said "Falling rocks, keep 50 km/h at minimum". I was biking.

[@DATSUNC210RB20DET]

😳

[@ahaha8]

So minimising exposure time to tge risk....

[@scotth5988]

I bet your legs were sore the next day.

[@icecoldchilipreppers]

@@scotth5988 lol nice one!

[@lindasimons691]

Oh my!

[@BeasleyStreet]

Never considered the Physics of a helicopter having a a great weight at the end of long cable, the more I think about it ,the dangers are huge,what a skill, no second chances,top work!!

[@raumshen9298]

True, it can go wrong easily,

[@DB-qm4jx]

@@PietriGuitars nope wouldn’t work sorry

[@wparo]

a a?

[@zenovich1]

Nonesense... Easy as F. Fly... Hit wall with ball... That's it...! Pfffft .I could do it blindfolded and drunk

[@BeasleyStreet]

@@zenovich1 do it then....

[@gilbertayala6694]

In my 39 years of life, I have ALWAYS wanted to see a wrecking ball knock a massive rock from a mountain. I can die a happy man now

[@lucywangare7029]

Go well then. Till we meet again.🙌

[@NathanDudani]

@@lucywangare7029 lmao

[@lucywangare7029]

@@NathanDudani Imao. Translate

[@georgewood9482]

Can we have an update? Did you die?

[@gilbertayala6694]

@@georgewood9482 alive and well

[@phillipmaasdorp9491]

Although 10 years late, it shows the absolute skills of the pilot. I there were videos like this solely for aviation buffs.

[@shaunb2753]

Yeah a random video from 10 years ago.

[@Matterhorny]

You've never watched a rerun on TV? 🤔

[@shaunb2753]

@@Matterhorny reruns on tv and a random video is 2 totally diferent genres. On 1 hand. U have a major corporation thats backing a rerun. In order to have a rerun it usually has to do good from the initial start. If it doesnt then it would be canceled and u wouldnt have reruns. With a video. Its just different. Its like boom. Look at this video from 10 yrs ago. Nothing to do with the current climate or world events. I still find it interesting and thought it was a dope video.

[@Zreknarf]

I mean 2 of 6 strikes missed but it's still pretty impressive

[@MrEnjoivolcom1]

There are entire channels on here strictly devoted to aviation and the like.

[@RealHankShill]

Always nice to see a contractor clean up after themselves. Rare, but nice.

[@1nvisible1]

*What a great job! I want to play!*

[@plejady]

eat more rice to feel nice

[@fuzdnb8943]

A like rice

[@kandersjohansson]

You might think it would be nice of them to clean up. But at the prices they charge, do you really want to pay them to do that?

[@bmck5002]

Every job I have ever worked we cleaned up everyday. At the end of projects we would pick all the trash up. I have worked at metal plants, outside environmental engineering, landscaping, carpenters assistant, EMT, even the fire station is anal about picking up the trash they bought. All jobs that lasted more than a day we would put our tools away and pick up anything daily. Not sure where your from, but here in Texas we Always pick up daily.

[@gordonrain7152]

Being an old helo pilot myself, flying any type of 'external load' requires a very special skillset. I've done it, and done it well. But that was simply transporting netted cargo from one place to another over the tree line. Manipulating an almost two ton steel ball (repeatedly) against a fixed object is another level entirely, especially in a ship that size (Super Puma). If you look at 1:26 thru 1:29, that three second clip will show the pilot performing a 'rocking-horse' maneuver from a fixed position rather than actually flying forward and backward. And contrary to popular belief (TV and movies) when a pilot is in a hover, they do not stay in one exact spot, they shift around a bit (L-R/F-B) especially in OGE hover because of dramatically increased wingtip (blade) vortices.

[@robertheinkel6225]

That is some pretty fancy flying. Flying a chopper with a large swinging weight underneath, can’t be easy.

[@mikepayne4387]

Must be some old expat Vietnam Vet Huey pilot.

[@choprjock]

@@mikepayne4387 LOL, I wouldn't be surprised. I flew Hueys in Vietnam and I never got really comfortable carrying a heavy sling load. If the thing got to oscillating too much, it would pull you all over the sky and you'd have to jettison the load. I never had to do that, but I seriously considered it one time.

[@bluemarshall6180]

@@mikepayne4387 Nope.

[@taunteratwill1787]

I have a large swinging weight underneath and i can do everything. 😂

[@heyokaikaggen6288]

@@mikepayne4387 Given that this is Norwegian that seems deeply unlikely.

[@danburch9989]

Put a Howitzer on a barge in the lake for target practice. Howitzers are used in controlled avalanches. THAT would be impressive.

[@SuperLuminalElf]

And FAR more DANGEROUS (and less precise) than the op shown here. -Probably illegal, as well.

[@mitsos_306]

There is a case here in Greece, they used a warship to take down a part of a island mountain in order to make a new road

[@MarcosElMalo2]

How is itzer used?

[@ThatOpalGuy]

Sounds pretty murrikan

[@rideon6140]

@@ThatOpalGuy Yes, and then we occupy Norway with 130, 000 troops and when the cliff collapses it falls on top of us. Then after spending a couple trillion we leave and vow to never do that again.

[@goforit7595]

Ten years late, but that was damn impressive!!

[@SuperLuminalElf]

Always NEW to someone … like ME. And this was AWESOME

[@elusivetilborg3011]

This was incredibly satisfying to watch.

[@hypatiatam]

Incredible piloting, must be hard to aim so precisely! Nice camerawork too

[@slandshark]

Not that hard, just use 3rd person mode.

[@leandabee]

Seriously, I have no idea how why this popped up as something I might like to see🤷‍♀️, but you know what, it was pretty cool viewing 👍👏

[@raphaelklaussen1951]

The algorithm that made the decision to show you this video has some cool AI behind it :)

[@billclarke5109]

Thats the beauty of KZbin !!

[@neatkefe]

When KZbin knows more about me than I do myself

[@raphaelklaussen1951]

@@neatkefe The magic of Artificial Intelligence!

[@Esuper1]

The algo knows you better than you know yourself.

[@boogieboxmusic4331]

What a beautiful country Norway is

[@alderiks]

But they are wrecking it!

[@martinjnee3986]

@@alderiks 😅

[@jn7420]

Norwegians are wonderful people! They may have saved lives--nice job!

[@hank1556]

he may have killed that one squirrel on the ground over there

[@jn7420]

@@hank1556 if any living thing was there....its dead now!!!!

[@MerchantIvoryfilms]

That was nice of them to give the rock some water after, i am sure it was real thirsty

[@UhtredOfBamburgh]

Don't be ridiculous, after the dangerous rock was removed they had to plant a new rock and water it or else it won't grow

[@geoh7777]

Nah they were merely being neat and washing up afterwards.

[@coltonchase392]

That rock hitting other rocks, would make alot of sparks that could start a fire. That is my thought

[@frank.s]

@@coltonchase392 Then they should have put water before moving the rocks

[@kelement27]

I assume to knock away any loose chunks of debris that didn't fall with the bigger pieces.

[@merryhunt9153]

A great job! I salute everybody concerned, but especially the helicopter pilot.

[@plejady]

cos you are nazi

[@kendodd8734]

Yeh super skilful flying and my I say a tad crazy

[@plejady]

@@kendodd8734 ken are you alive????

[@kendodd8734]

@@plejady I is ah my public remember me

[@plejady]

@@kendodd8734 My dad knew I was going to be a comedian. When I was a baby, he said, 'Is this a joke?

[@grimmfrost6337]

I'm impressed that that fence worked so well

[@sparkle1272001]

Exceptional helicopter pilotting skills! :)

[@Life_is_Awesome_Civil]

I wish this could be in india also

[@welcomethewurst9433]

They can’t even figure out basic sewage systems. They don’t need helicopters with wrecking balls!

[@donaldjohnson257]

@@welcomethewurst9433......Yeah, they use the streets and anywhere outdoors as sewer systems!!

[@ahaha8]

@@donaldjohnson257 this is also some kind of system....although not the best one available l....

[@ahaha8]

I think this is dependant on the money available and how much a single life is valued against the abstract possibility of a fatal accident occuring. This makes it too expensive for India and also most other Asian countries.

[@donaldjohnson257]

@@ahaha8......What?!

[@jakewwwjake]

1. Top notch pilot work. 2. How did they even detect that the rock was loose? 3. Falling rocks decimating the side of the mountain was so cool to watch.

[@oddities-whatnot]

Thumbs up to the fence at the end.

[@kingdoc3262]

Impressive fences. Good helicopter job. Good observation from someone who noticed it was loose. People paying attention

[@HighWarlordJC]

I could watch rocks exploding apart while falling down a mountain all day every day.

[@plejady]

thats shows luck of personality- it is called being moron dear

[@bricology]

Have you considered a career in the artillery?

[@lasersummit7895]

@@plejady This guy is the perfect example on why not going outside isnt good for you

[@Vingul]

@@plejady being a moron is lucky then?

[@YoMamasCasa]

Pilot: "How could we milk the timeclock on this helicopter/wrecking ball gig?" Co-Pilot "We could wash the side of the mountain".

[@leandabee]

🤣🤣

[@philuribe7863]

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you do actually know why they did that...

[@leandabee]

@@philuribe7863 i believe it was a tongue in cheek funny, 🤣

[@fredparkinson1289]

@@philuribe7863 Why did they do it? It would eventually rain.

[@drdwkelley]

If I had to guess I would think it's because they want to wash away smaller excessive rocks

[@scalaleather]

Kudos to the pilot. It's very difficult to be so accurate when floating on a bubble of air.

[@OzzieWozzieOriginal]

I think the other helicopter taking video is also giving instructions on height of the wreckig ball heli

[@phillipmaasdorp9491]

Must have been a very well coordinated job between the two pilots. I believe kudos should be extended to both pilots on a job well done.

[@GinjaNinja77]

How the heck did they figure out there was an unstable rock up there? It looked like part of the wall til they started hitting it

[@navyplumberboy8274]

Wondering the same thing. Like Is there a road there? Who the hell looked at it and was like "yeah, that needs to come down"?

[@frontbum420]

It was pultruding overhang

[@weeardguy]

GPS-based measurements. By coincidence, the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute published an article today about the changes in weather in the Alps but also about the possible rockslide they expect there at some specific point. They included a few pictures of the Geotest system where they monitor the movement of certain rock formations. I don't expect they do it different in Norway ;)

[@GinjaNinja77]

@@weeardguy Now that makes sense!

[@eminence_]

I wonder how they found that particular rock

[@dementior]

Sensors, watch the movie "the wave 2015"

[@amaurydiplacido104]

probably the best longline job out there .

[@penguinista]

Very brave pilot. No way to know if the falling rocks will interact with the wrecking ball. I bet they were ready with the cutaway!

[@simplyamazing880]

That's exactly what I was thinking. Will this falling rock somehow bring down the whole shebang?

[@andrewQueDeLlee]

Surely...it could be.....or "not to be".....diz iz the kwestion'.....;)

[@tonywalman]

High risk to the Pilot ! why not blast the rocks off with canon instead ?

[@Chef_Jimi3]

Whoever did the camera work for this is a pro

[@paulmorris6177]

Anyone that's seen Monty Python and The Holy Grail, can appreciate the subtitles in this! I couldn't stop laughing the entire video! Moose are lovely My sister saw a moose once!

[@drprick7432]

The greatest movie ever made!

[@hairybass480]

Ni!

[@fliprodriguez5250]

Biggus dickuss

[@randyj4452]

No realli! She was Karving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush!

[@jamesporter6288]

That movie is lame AF I don't get what people see in it. It's so stupid

[@AC-hj9tv]

That's actually just one of the pilot's balls

[@jjwalter5897]

It is good to know the fences do work.

[@bigislander72]

I wonder if it would have had the rock sheared off in one piece.

[@56music64]

I think this would be exciting and rewarding work, did not know this safety measure could be done in such a efficient manner. Very interesting

[@TylerMarsh43]

I guess there are jobs out there I would truly love going into work for

[@stephenpemberton85]

Nice 7 - 10 split!😆✌💛🤘 I'm surprised you can lift off with the wrecking ball and the big ones between your legs!Dangerous work!!..be full of care brave friends🙏✌💛🤘

[@jelmerth]

I was wondering if they had an quick release on the ball, for as the rock got stuck on the ball... and take him down.

[@D1987Gd]

This was the most random KZbin recomendation ever but I enjoyed it 👍👍

[@RichardWTate]

Miley Cyrus is like "hell yeah" 🤘🤘🤘

[@FlorentinoRebuildingCo.5644]

Ah.....funny as hell. It seems that girl can't find enough stuff to wrap her legs around.

[@cymbala6208]

Wow, awesome job. Thx for keeping the roads safe!

[@riverbender9898]

Creative application and fascinating to watch. Thanks.1

[@bossLARChannelcobraKing]

Very dangerous! Imagine if the falling rock hits that wrecking ball!

[@albanomathias9559]

A prevenção é o melhor remédio, parabéns.

[@elguapo221]

I like how norwegians won't stand for a dirty mountain so they take the time to wash

[@veidorje1681]

2 : 20 these are anti-submarine nets lots of them in the alps too thanks 4 sharing : )

[@markfox1545]

Those damned submarines cluttering up the sides of mountains.

[@imadequate3376]

Out in the states too. Especially on the pass for the cascades in Washington you can see the nets. They keep big ass rocks from falling 🤣

[@dominiquepadmaraj5706]

This serious skill set.( flying)Just phenomenal 👏. Even the metal fence that held the rock back from that hight ,weigt and the velocity. 😳.

[@The_Tactical_Sombrero]

if any video deserves a jimi hendrix background track, it's this one

[@dannyseo6759]

"Stand right next to a mountain, chop it down with the edge of my hand".

[@knoxcarmack8648]

CCR Creedance Clearwater revival

[@kckcmctcrc]

That fence/net freaking Works!

[@dubloungeable]

water for small rocks , but it looks cool as if they cleaning up after :P

[@coltonchase392]

For the sparks created by rock on rock contact, not to start a fire

[@whisperingoutdoors]

These guys that fly these helicopters are badass I watched one put air conditioning units on top of a Walmart one time and man that guy was good!

Awesome. What a cool job!!!

[@zzubuzz]

Like doing a drive-by, I wonder if the rocks will retaliate?

[@Prof_Z_PhD]

Watching that chunk fall... PraiseTheCamerman

[@extremeadventurespakistan4187]

Incredible shots

[@memberHD]

fence works

[@MonaLisa-xc5dm]

Top job 👍🏻 Well done!

[@Life_is_Awesome_Civil]

O my god 🙏

[@garyjohnson4575]

Two times!

[@dovespaligrino8312]

It's a good thing, that someone is watching these rocks!!

[@chrisyu98]

I notice a river there.....float the USSNJ on it, one shot from it's 16" cannon will chip out those loose rocks.

[@solomonchege2986]

When you only have a hammer, every problem is a nail. When raised in gun culture, every problem is a shooting target!

[@VogonPoet67]

And probably create enough fractures to destabilize a dozen more places in that mountain side

[@JesseFFT]

This is what happens when you know someone high up in the government. "Hey, you think you could get me a job?" "What are you thinking?" "What if we knocked rocks from mountains from a helicopter?" "Done"

[@joewoodchuck3824]

It takes more than one kind of balls for this task.

[@markfox1545]

Ah, there you are. There's always one bloke in every comments thread confessing that he thinks fondly about other men's testicles.

[@popeyepanther4519]

Thanks for the video

[@overbank56]

Never seen this done before

[@kazoo864]

Congrats to the pilot and Norway government for keeping their people safe with such actions!

[@PetesNikon]

Astonishing how far the rocks free-fall before striking anything else.

[@oddities-whatnot]

It didnt look high at first, but damn, its high.

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[@Davidnumber23]

surely the falling rocks set up new fractures and it goes on and on

[@Tonicwine999]

Why did they spray the water?

[@KrotowX]

After accidentaly tipping over a half of mountain with wrecking ball - "They asked us only to nudge that single rock".

[@franciswoods1831]

Right enough prob! A few more dangerous cracks made! and rock loosened but credit to the skill of the pilot great job!

[@oldsilverdrew2471]

Very cool. Didn't get why the water was needed though?

[@intertr0ns]

That's what I'd call job satisfaction.

[@rossimurthal9773]

Super pilot 👌great skill

[@hindugoat2302]

ok how did they know there was that 1 dodgy rock up there on all those cliffs?

[@skydiverclassc2031]

They got a phone call from this coyote who was trying to catch a roadrunner.

[@danrozelle6737]

Remarkable skills and bravery. Wow is all I can think of to say. that was cool.

[@Ritercrazy]

Never heard of mountain husbandry before.

[@Bart-Did-it]

Even washed the mountain afterwards now that’s perfection and care respec ✊

[@mgn5667]

Norway or the Highway...chuckle

[@ESvideos7025]

Que serviço perigoso. Mas é para evitar acidentes, não é mesmo?

[@simplyamazing880]

This job looks like a nice target practice opportunity for their navy or coastguard. A lot safer that this i'd think.

[@TheDesertegal7]

if the caught the rope they are in high risk.. target practice will be much cheaper and safer

[@sir_john_hammond]

What are they going to shoot it with. A missile? This method gave the exact amount of force the job needed, without causing more of the cliff side to loosen in the process.

[@konz2891]

I doubt they'd want explosives going off, end up starting a massive forest fire.

[@natureandlife2255]

What a nice work no words to praise?

[@hellotheregeneralkenobi365]

I wonder how they know that this one particular spot is unstable. It looked quite stable until hit by the wrecking ball.

[@peoplez129]

0:59 You can see the the rock was protruding out, with no support underneath and clearly had cracks/crevices all around it and only the bottom of it was connected to anything, which you can see better at 1:37.

[@stijnvandamme76]

probably a known spot for rocks to fall, and inspected regularly as well

[@dubloungeable]

Geology ! WOW :D

[@TimothyMcAleeSrGeD]

YOU know it is unstable after YOU hit & it falls! If it doesn't fall, then YOU hit it again, until it does! Kabish?

[@Citizenof-world]

That's pure piloting skills from the pilot. If only the last shot would've been a bit down on the unstable rock, would it have rammed onto the ball & with it unsettling the helicopter in itself.. Watch it closely..

[@firesurfer]

Maybe someone could make a custom-built automatic jackhammer into the ball, so that it wouldn't have to be swung, which is unpredictable and dangerous for the pilot. Just let it touch the rock and have it start by itself.

[@bobthebuilder1360]

The jackhammer wouldn't do shit because no force is being applied pushing it against rock

[@VogonPoet67]

@@bobthebuilder1360 You just have to have another helicopter hovering next to the suspended jackhammer and have a guy open the door and apply force to the back of it with a long stick. Better yet, instead of a wrecking ball or jackhammer, suspend the second helicopter by its tail, tie a worker with a hammer to each rotor blade, and as the blades spin, each of the workers could chip away at the rock. I would say just let the rotor blades act as a saw, but that would be kinda stupid.

[@bobthebuilder1360]

@@VogonPoet67 lmao

[@DATWagonator]

wait what's the water drops for? remaining debris?

[@stepaushi]

I wonder if someone just noticed the unstable rock or if they have people going around looking for them.

[@joshuamoore24_7]

That's what 40 mm rockets are for. The APKWS is an add on for the 40mm guided version of the 50mm rockets. One rocket in a rocket pod and a laser designator on the helicopter will allow the pilot to hit the target with the rocket.

[@chrisbarber3531]

An M79 could have fixed that in one shot, for a lot less money.

[@maiseydoodle]

It’s not gonna reach. Did you see how high that rock face was from the road?

[@Lockbar]

@@maiseydoodle Fire it from the copter.

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

@@Lockbar And get rocks and debris everywhere. With the method they used they were even able to catch the rocks at the bottom with that very effective fence/net/restrainer. Try catching boulders from a high velocity explosion!

[@JoPro06]

The bureaucracy to allow the usage of firearms in this situation would make it simply too time consuming and in the end more expensive

[@chrisbarber3531]

@@JoPro06 Oh....you thought that was actually presented as a viable alternative?

[@gretagarbolini8721]

This was fascinating!

[@JL-rx6hl]

call in the army for a bit of target practice

[@djmcnamer]

Went better than I thought it would.

[@izil1fe]

The rock sitting there for millions of years not bothering anyone... Humans..

[@mrloop1530]

😄

[@johnclements6614]

Been there since the ice left the fjord.

[@MrTruckerf]

Good Lord...you have made me feel sorry for a rock!

[@lewisevans4655]

Why did they need to clean the cliff?

[@josoapification]

I would like to see Miley Cyrus on the end of That wrecking ball

[@lonerider1550]

Great Job for public safety.

[@professorweeto]

Went past his cheating ex wifes house on the way back.

[@kissofdeath4449]

That looks mad dangerous, hence mad skills. Have you tried squirrel and acorn?

[@lilasphotosandvideos43]

A very interesting film !

[@AndreTurboDiesel]

That's cool, but i don't understand why did they wet the place after?

[@pathankarimkhan2303]

What a pilot and what a country 👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@gonzalosanchez6513]

Amazing job very good