Cool video that was posted this week on Zenith Air's facebook page:

It makes me want to toss the fly rod in the back seat and get out there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkZNCrE1S50

I do like those birds. It's interesting that the useful load of the CH750 with Continental O-200 is only slightly more than that of the CH701 with the 912ULS. Apples and Oranges I suppose.

EB

That's the Russian River by Cloverdale, Geyserville, and Healdsburg CA. Lived and flew outta O60 when I worked for Sonoma County SO. Lots of wires crossing the water. Used the wire cutters twice on our Long Ranger.

Gump

GumpAir wrote:Lots of wires crossing the water. Used the wire cutters twice on our Long Ranger.

Hopefully these guys had the river well-reconnoitered.

Zzz wrote:

Hopefully these guys had the river well-reconnoitered.

They do. The guy with the Zeniths runs the FBO at Cloverdale (O60). Problem is the vineyard owners will change pump locations, and string new wires. Changes all the time. We flew the river more than anyone with the sheriff's helicopter, and we still got caught on occasion.

I do like the 750, and am leaning that way if/when I get tired of the fight.

Gump

GumpAir wrote:That's the Russian River by Cloverdale, Geyserville, and Healdsburg CA. Lived and flew outta O60 when I worked for Sonoma County SO. Lots of wires crossing the water. Used the wire cutters twice on our Long Ranger.

Gump

I always wondered how effective those wire cutters are. Most power cables are aluminum wrapped around one or several high tensile steel elements for strength. The aluminum severs easily but that steel is a bitch to cut. The suppose cutters are great if the cable rides up the cabin into the cutter, but not so good if it goes down underneath toward the skids.

exodus wrote:

GumpAir wrote:That's the Russian River by Cloverdale, Geyserville, and Healdsburg CA. Lived and flew outta O60 when I worked for Sonoma County SO. Lots of wires crossing the water. Used the wire cutters twice on our Long Ranger.

Gump

I always wondered how effective those wire cutters are. Most power cables are aluminum wrapped around one or several high tensile steel elements for strength. The aluminum severs easily but that steel is a bitch to cut. The suppose cutters are great if the cable rides up the cabin into the cutter, but not so good if it goes down underneath toward the skids.

There is a cable cutter under the cabin too....

If that grey one came over my camp site, down that low.... I would be thinkin DEA.
Now the blue and yellow.... just a goof off.

Yeah, the gray one is the Zenith equivalent of an F-117, right?

Cary