Helicopter Cherry Drying Orientation Flight (HD)

This is a video of a typical orientation flight that I do with cherry drying pilots who come to work with me every summer. The main purpose of the flight is to show the pilot (Rick, in this case) where the orchards are and the kind of obstacles to look out for. He's got my iPad with the outlines of the orchards in ForeFlight, as well as a book of maps. As I'm flying in this video, I'm pretty much focused on my task at hand, so there isn't narration -- just our cockpit chatter, which is mostly all business.

If you have questions about cherry drying, you really need to check out this playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbt7hzE-vxhnnSUouyVquxeOt6BsHhyXA

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About Me and the Helicopter
- I have been flying for about 22 years. My nearly 4,000 hours of flight time is in Robinson R44, Robinson R22, and Bell 206L (Long Ranger) helicopters.
- The helicopter in this video is a Robinson R44 Raven II that I've nicknamed Wyrking Byrd.

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About the Video
- The video was recorded with two GoPro Hero 8 cameras and a GoPro Hero 7 camera. I used ambient audio from just one Hero 8 for the helicopter sound, dialed down by 10 decibels from normal volume so it wouldn't be annoying. I also had a Hero 7 connected to the helicopter's intercom system with an NFlightCam audio cable (https://amzn.to/31syLTm) to record audio from the radio and intercom system. (So yeah -- I had four cameras going.)
- The "cockpit cam" front-facing camera was mounted with my current Instrument Cam set up, which you can learn about in this Behind-the-Scenes video: https://youtu.be/nff_QBDbPxc. It's based upon a MyPilotPro Helicopter Mount (https://mypilotpro.com/product/helicopter-gopro-mount/?wpam_id=13) modified to get the height I need. The "skid cam" was mounted on the pilot side skid using MyPilotPro GoPro Airplane Mount (https://mypilotpro.com/product/mypilotpro-gopro-airplane-mount/?wpam_id=13). (I might make a special video about this setup later in the season for Channel Members and Patrons; look for it!)
- The video was edited on a iMac using Davinci Resolve 17 software. Learn more about it here: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/
- The intro music is by Bob Levitus, famed "Dr. Mac." You can find him here: http://www.boblevitus.com/

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