Project
Single-stem snap-and-fly helicopter logging productivity
A Forest Action Lab collaboration studying productivity, cycle-time structure, and operational drivers of single-stem snap-and-fly helicopter logging in coastal British Columbia.
This project studies standing-stem snap-and-fly helicopter logging as a specialized forest operations system for selectively extracting high-value stems.
The work quantifies productivity, cycle-time structure, delay occurrence, payload characteristics, and operational drivers using field observations, video analysis, GNSS flight tracking, mapped stem locations, and contractor-provided payload data.
The case study focuses on coastal British Columbia operations using a Kaman K-Max K-1200 and a Sikorsky S-61N, with FRESH contributing modelling, analysis, and research-record support in collaboration with the UBC Forest Action Lab.
Status
- Draft manuscript collaboration
People And Roles
- Omar Mologni: Forest Action Lab paper lead
- Rosalia Jaffray: collaborator
- Quinn Kenn: collaborator
- Gregory Paradis: FRESH collaborator
- Dominik Roeser: Forest Action Lab collaborator
Collaborators And Partners
- UBC Forest Action Lab
- UBC Department of Forest Resources Management
Outputs
- Draft manuscript
- Field observation, video-analysis, GNSS flight-tracking, mapped-stem, and payload datasets
- Manuscript and publication link when publicly available