Episode 6 - Mega Lift Helicopter
RISE OF THE MACHINES uses stunning CGI animation to explode open the world’s only purpose built flying crane – the Erickson Air Crane – to reveal the extraordinary technology that it relies on to construct 120 giant steel transmission towers in only eight days. Deep in the remote Albertan prairies, Chief Pilot Travis Harrold and his crew must battle against gusting winds to haul seven-ton steel towers high into the air and then set them with absolute precision. Exploring the engineering breakthroughs within this aerial acrobat will reveal surprising secrets of how the technology evolved, inspired by extraordinary lessons from nature and history.