Air Tractor 802 Fertilizing - With Commentary

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Patrick Cohen

Patrick Cohen

Күн бұрын

This is my first shot at trying to explain what I am doing while working and I will try to make a few more as the season progresses. If there is anything you want me to explain in my next video let me know in the comments.

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@AT502
@AT502 Жыл бұрын
As a pilot on the tail end of of a long career flying ag it's great to know our industry and future is in good hands with young folks like you, thanks Patrick!
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@donaldmorrill1636
@donaldmorrill1636 Жыл бұрын
Blown away by the prescision of computerized crop dusting. Thanks for explaining it all as you fly!!
@Pichouette
@Pichouette Жыл бұрын
In the early 1980's, I worked at a company that was located outside of town next to soybean fields. There was one particular crop duster pilot flying an older Grumman Ag Cat that would do wingovers to line up for his next pass over a field. He was an OV-10 Bronco pilot for a couple tours in Vietnam.
@HarvestTexas
@HarvestTexas Жыл бұрын
Watched many cropdusters in action as a kid in So. Texas in the 60's; AgCats, Pawnees, Thrush Commanders when they had ground spotters in trucks that marked their swaths... even today I would stop and watch mostly AT's in action. This is the first time I got great insight into what a cropduster pilot is thinking and looking out for. Great vid! Just subscribed for more!
@RiDankulous
@RiDankulous 9 ай бұрын
I like watching airplanes and you had great experience as a child seeing the activities. I mostly watched military aircraft out of Wright-Pat like the B-52. I've been to the EAA in Oshkosh, other air shows and museums.
@Chalkyboy
@Chalkyboy Жыл бұрын
This is absolutely awesome, thanks for the ride along and thoughtful descriptions of your process!
@travellingbarrett
@travellingbarrett Жыл бұрын
Just discovered this. You're a fantastic narrator. You can explain just about anything and it will be interesting.
@buckbuchanan5849
@buckbuchanan5849 Жыл бұрын
Really enjoy your videos! The running commentary is nice, great overview of what you are thinking while horsing around that heavy girl!
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 👍
@thewilberforce
@thewilberforce Жыл бұрын
Ammonium Sulfate is 21 percent Nitrogen. This is super cool.
@WillCrump-e5x
@WillCrump-e5x 8 ай бұрын
Wow! The big boy! Leland Snow's 800 gallon model!! I get to watch one put out seed every fall near the end of the growing season here in Bolivar, TN when Chris Pulliam brings Miles Flying Service's 802 to town for the co-op. Even in an 802 if you're seeding or fertilizing a large field, you're landing and reloading every couple of minutes it seems. You get 2 or 3 swaths done and it's back to pick up more dry material. How many times have you had homeowners near target fields act really rude to you because you're having to turn over their house/property and they're swearin' your plane is leaking and killing every tree in their yard? Even though the plane has advanced electronics, when you strip it all down to basics, you guys are still a traditional "crop duster pilot" and I love it. How did ag-pilots do this before GPS and automatic flow control, etc.?
@MoGumboFukUTubeForChngngMyName
@MoGumboFukUTubeForChngngMyName Жыл бұрын
I grew up farming 5000 acres of soybean fields. From the age of 9 to 18, one of my yearly cycle of duties was to flag crop dusters. I’ve been covered 500,000 times with chemicals they would now evacuate a city for if they found a pint of it. Not sure if the chemicals made me superhuman or if they’re just delaying their release of a horrible death… but I’m somehow, inexplicably, still kicking at the age of sixty. ✊ ✊ ✊… on wood!!
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
If you lived in California I’m sure you would have 7 different forms of cancer by now.
@MoGumboFukUTubeForChngngMyName
@MoGumboFukUTubeForChngngMyName Жыл бұрын
@@pcohen85 I challenge you to find and product that does not give you cancer in CA… maybe people should just stay out of California.
@johnmiller4553
@johnmiller4553 Жыл бұрын
ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT YOU GUYS DO UP THERE TO FLY SO PRECISE. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME PILOTS WITH COOL TECHNOLOGY 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙
@thomthumbe
@thomthumbe Жыл бұрын
Very cool! I’ve done work on my uncles farm/ranch when they need it. And I’m also a pvt pilot, so I’m seeing the whole picture. Your skill behind the stick is superb! Do you ever make a radio call on a UNICOM or CTAF channel to broadcast that you are “maneuvering in a given area for a half hour or so? Just as a beware to other pilots? But then again, your AGL alt isn’t exactly a distance where most pilots will be flying….unless when close to an airport. Thanks! Fun to learn from you!
@calimark7448
@calimark7448 Жыл бұрын
Very cool! Thanks for the ride along.
@dpuddy6912
@dpuddy6912 Жыл бұрын
Very cool vid! Neat perspective on a different kind of flying.
@LetsGoBrandon_
@LetsGoBrandon_ Жыл бұрын
I watch these pilots from the ground in Iowa for hours on end diving and ducking powerlines. What an amazing cockpit view and narrative to explain some of the strategy.
@petemoore8923
@petemoore8923 Жыл бұрын
I couldn’t stop watching this even after I understood the process. The commentary was fantastic.
@macmccune21
@macmccune21 Жыл бұрын
93 gallons an hour in fuel holy smokes! You need a sponsor on youtube!
@David_Lee379
@David_Lee379 Жыл бұрын
Consider that an F-16 in full afterburner sucks down nearly 5850 an hour…
@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime
@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime Жыл бұрын
You are one hell of a pilot 👨‍✈️
@jeffreythiessen7996
@jeffreythiessen7996 Жыл бұрын
Really Cool videos you have!! Keep them coming!
@jdhflys
@jdhflys Жыл бұрын
Great video Fly safe
@TreDeuce-qw3kv
@TreDeuce-qw3kv Жыл бұрын
I'm a private pilot, but have always been fascinated watching crop dusting. As kid in the 50's, I was caddying for my dad on a golf course near Okanogan, Washington, and watching a kid flag for his dad when his dad hit a tree and crashed by the golf course and the plane immediately erupted in flames. Dad ran to help, but it was too late. The fabric covered plane was totally engulfed in what seemed like seconds. It wasn't long before the plane was just a framework with the pilot still at the stick. I wondered about the kid witnessing his dad die that way. So whenever I see a pilot dusting, I say a little prayer that he ends the day safe at home. My dad died a year or so after that tragic incident in a car wreck. So I know the hurt and loss that the kid must have suffered from for years after as I did. Be safe.
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
Please never tell that story to a crop duster ever agan. We all understand how dangerous this is and I’ve seen my fair share.
@TreDeuce-qw3kv
@TreDeuce-qw3kv Жыл бұрын
@@pcohen85 All pilots need to be reminded that we can't be to careful. I think all pilots know the danger regardless of the news reported nearly every day in the news and KZbin of tragic results of from failure to retain situational awareness. I have had some close calls myself and they were learning and reminding experiences I still carry that increase my awareness in all modes of flight. .
@thesquatch4517
@thesquatch4517 Жыл бұрын
great commentary!
@gaerteagservice
@gaerteagservice Жыл бұрын
Nice job Patrick. Its been awhile since your radial engine days on corn in IN! Glad your doing well.
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Mark! It’s been exactly 10 years since I came up to fly with you in the 301. Everything is good here! Hope all is well for you also!
@eddyandresfernandezmarin8990
@eddyandresfernandezmarin8990 Жыл бұрын
saludos capitán pura vida lo saludo desde Costa Rica
@JimboBurgess
@JimboBurgess Жыл бұрын
This is brilliant, we need more. Keep em coming!
@tonyohalloran8817
@tonyohalloran8817 Жыл бұрын
We enjoy your videos too Jimbo. Greetings from Hawkes Bay.
@diddymercs
@diddymercs Жыл бұрын
Great flying. AG pilot has got to be the most fun flying job there is!
@jamesmcdonald1541
@jamesmcdonald1541 Жыл бұрын
Learned a lot just watching this video! Great explanation of what’s going on
@torrencecullen3877
@torrencecullen3877 Жыл бұрын
Appreciate the fly-along and your thoughts and commentary. I've enjoyed watching crop-dusting all my life. Stay safe my friend!
@RubenKelevra
@RubenKelevra Жыл бұрын
Cool! Keep em coming :)
@leotoikka939
@leotoikka939 Жыл бұрын
Really interesting to see this side of aviation as well. I often see air tractors at my airport and I have been wondering how it is to fly one of these, now I have a little better idea. Thanks for posting.👍
@Chris-qc7ym
@Chris-qc7ym Жыл бұрын
This was a lot of fun to watch. I imagine that before GPS it was a lot more difficult to find that field in a sea of farmland. "flying the airplane is just something I have to do to do the job, its not really something that I focus on" he says at less than 100' and 150mph. 😲
@David_Lee379
@David_Lee379 Жыл бұрын
100 feet? Sometimes they’re at like 30.
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
10’ when spraying liquid.
@David_Lee379
@David_Lee379 Жыл бұрын
And I love the cable from the canopy to the top of the tail to prevent snagging the power lines you guys fly under!
@David_Lee379
@David_Lee379 Жыл бұрын
But they still do have to fly the airplane; they just have to be so good at it that they don’t have to think about it. Yeah, these guys are good.
@defaultytuser
@defaultytuser Жыл бұрын
Here in Argentina the "banderilleros" (flaggers? flag waivers? Haha) would be waiting at the field before the aircraft arrived. It was a job many young people enjoyed because they got to see the planes up close (They had to stand in the crops serving as visual reference , repositioning for each pass) Of course now it's forbidden, but it was still popular 10 years ago!
@blakezhuko3906
@blakezhuko3906 Жыл бұрын
My dream job. I’ve yet to take my pilots license beyond Lolly gagging around.
@npalmi88
@npalmi88 Жыл бұрын
"Just buy a $2,000,000.00 aircraft, bro" Dudes got my dream job though 👍
@excellenceinanimation960
@excellenceinanimation960 Жыл бұрын
Just got back from my first glider lesson. Hopefully one day I can be a ag pilot.
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
It's definitely an achievable goal if you take the right steps and don't mind a lot of hard work along the way.
@edal61
@edal61 Жыл бұрын
Wow! I had never seen crop dusting from this pov, thanks!
@matthewwagner47
@matthewwagner47 Жыл бұрын
I'm my area of Pennsylvania they use helicopters to spray the fields. Its impressive watching the pilots go in and out of the tree lines then dive on the fields to spray. Good job.
@drcoffee5588
@drcoffee5588 Жыл бұрын
Any concerns about the wind carrying the poison over to the homeowners nearby? Probably not
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
I was dispensing nitrogen in this video. If that’s poison we’re all in trouble.
@abdelouahedzouhari3445
@abdelouahedzouhari3445 9 ай бұрын
I am a flight mechanic on S2RT34 and S2RT660 turbo-thrush aircraft in Morocco for 32 years of experience, this aircraft is robust in low altitude flight, the flight control responses are fast, I really like this aircraft and thank you to the manufacturer, my greetings to Mr jody bays
@WillCrump-e5x
@WillCrump-e5x 8 ай бұрын
Hello, Patrick! Good of you to mention looking for other planes. If you're operating in AR, you probably heard about what happened to the original owner/pilot of Miles Flying Service in Bono.
@WillCrump-e5x
@WillCrump-e5x 8 ай бұрын
What plane did you cut your teeth on as a rookie ag-pilot? What did you fly your very first for-pay load in and what were you putting out?
@RiDankulous
@RiDankulous 9 ай бұрын
Determining load amount seems to take some extra workload and it would be nice if the software did an audio callout or some beep, or flashing light to let you know like 3/4, 1/2 and so forth, but especially empty.
@bigrich6750
@bigrich6750 Жыл бұрын
Man! That was fascinating! It looked like you were doing some tree trimming in the process of fertilizing.
@Northern6723
@Northern6723 Жыл бұрын
I spent several years when in my teens refilling spray planes at the strips, an ag cat and a Cessna I think. Guy with Cessnas I filled and a few minutes later a farmer came racing up and said he crashed, got in wires. He didn’t make it, it was devastating for me .
@dr.strangelove7739
@dr.strangelove7739 Жыл бұрын
I'm a general aviation pilot and the turns you are making at less than 100 AGL is so scary. Do you keep track of your speed by the sound of the engine or are you referring to instruments while you are spreading? You lose quite a bit of speed in those turns. Glad I found your channel! I'm subscribing and liking!!
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
I rarely look at the airspeed indicator. When I fly that plane it is entirely by feel and I would be perfectly comfortable with nothing but the engine gauges. Flying Ag is pure stick and rudder flying and it takes a bit of natural ability to do it well. It’s sort of like the Wild West of aviation.
@dr.strangelove7739
@dr.strangelove7739 Жыл бұрын
@@pcohen85 Thanks for your reply - you have a lot going on while you are spreading and I wondered if you had time to scan all of your instruments. It didn't seem so. I'm so impressed how ag pilots fly, great flying and observation skills.
@CascadiaAviation
@CascadiaAviation Жыл бұрын
Wow! So sick
@bill2066
@bill2066 Жыл бұрын
Make sure Cary Grant isn't down there, too! LOL
@Callabris
@Callabris Жыл бұрын
Imagine what it must of been like for Air tractor pilots having to worry about all these variables before GPS and computer assisted application. I'm pretty sure the chemicals/fertilizer weren't cheap then too.
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
When I started I didn’t have any of the flow control stuff. I did have gps but it did not have a screen and a moving map and the interface looked like a big TI-83 calculator. I flew like that for the first 3 years and year 4 I got a moving map. Year 5 I got flow control for the liquid and year 9 I got the flow control for dry fertilizer. Before GOS would have been the worst because you had to use two ppl to flag you passes and then had to wait on them to take however many paces you tell them to to do the next pass. If one had longer legs than the other, that could be a problem 😅
@jamillergolf
@jamillergolf Жыл бұрын
He said “the ammonium sulfate helps it if its a little bit sick, its not a nitrogen or anything like that”. Dude, ammonium sulfate is 21-0-0. Its all nitrogen. Quick release nitrogen at that. C’mon man
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
Yea sorry. One day maybe I’ll know everything and be as cool as you are.
@David_Lee379
@David_Lee379 Жыл бұрын
Hi Patrick, this is a great video; thanks for sharing. You said there is a lot of adverse yaw (even at 140 knots?!?😱); how long does it take to develop the muscle memory between your hand and feet to keep your turns precisely coordinated?
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
The ball in an AirTractor is all over the place and keeping it in the middle takes a bit of practice. If you are flying pretty aggressively sometimes it takes almost all of the rudder throw to keep the ball centered in a right turn. That big prop is pulling a lot of torque and it’s pretty far in front of the CG. The 802 takes a bit more umph because the controls are much heavier than the other AT models.
@David_Lee379
@David_Lee379 Жыл бұрын
@@pcohen85 Yikes! Now that sounds scary. When my neighbor took me for a ride in his 172 and let me drive, I noticed that anywhere over about 90 to 100 knots you could fly it with the yoke, feet on the floor, and I couldn’t even see the ball move. I can’t imagine… Thanks, and Fly safe!
@ERNESTBASS-h2o
@ERNESTBASS-h2o Жыл бұрын
This is what I wanted to do, like to work by myself and thought I would like to fly, Lived in Thornville Ohio and watched them all of the time, people out there just liked planes period, more planes than 4 wheelers in that county"was early 90s"But went onto Newark Ohio where you can take classes , 1st time in a plane going down the runway and we hit a time warp that created A distance between us and the earth, well I truly freaked . hard to get into but was asked not to ever come back , when he joked about barrel flip it went to strait hijacking with force, never been so scared in my life , never !but I made history , only man to hijack a plane just to turn back around and land , give up ! no charges filed , no harm , no foul, just me and the pilot and poor dude had awful day at work
@mcbrida
@mcbrida Жыл бұрын
"Not a nitrogen or anything like that". Ammonium is NH4. The only fertilizing ingredient is nitrogen. Sulfate is inert.
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
Yea. Guess I shouldn’t have cheated my way through chemistry class in high school.
@pwood5733
@pwood5733 Жыл бұрын
In stead of telling us the pay load in lbs not tons to sound dramatic with a big number perhaps you could tell us what it weighs in oz then it will be an inormous nimber you can say to sound even more impressive 😂😊🎉 oh merry cans
@offgridcabin1557
@offgridcabin1557 Жыл бұрын
It looks like the computer is starting the spray right before you get to the field and then quits while you are still over it. Does the computer lag a little bit?
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
I start and stop the spray or fertilizer manually and the computer screen correlates with my input. There is a bit of lag between the time I flip the switch and the time the fertilizer hits the ground. I have to flip it on early to allow for the time it takes the fertilizer to leave my hopper and land on the ground and I have to close it a touch early to allow for the time it takes my gate to close and the fertilizer to stop flowing out of my spreader.
@kdub-1200
@kdub-1200 Жыл бұрын
93.5 gallons an hour?! Was that a mistake or is that really how much you're using?
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
That is an accurate fuel burn. That plane has the Pratt and Whitney PT6-65AG which is rated at 1300 SHP.
@mysteryY2K
@mysteryY2K Жыл бұрын
you have a bright future doing SEAT firefighting. id love to fly an AT someday!
@chrislane2030
@chrislane2030 Жыл бұрын
AWESOME VIDEO I LOVE TO HEAR ALL THE INFO ABOUT EVERYTHING GOING ON ABOUT THE PLANE
@ldc7305
@ldc7305 Жыл бұрын
Hi Patrick! Awesome video. Ihave a question for you. Torque by propeller RPM divided 5252= SHP. Is that correct? Thanks!
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
Yes that is right. Torque (in ft/lbs) x prop rpm / 5252 = HP. The torque is measured at the reduction gearbox that drives the propeller so the basic HP calculation formula works in this case.
@ldc7305
@ldc7305 Жыл бұрын
@@pcohen85 Thank you Patrick!
@flywayne9362
@flywayne9362 15 күн бұрын
Does the back hopper finishing first make a noticeable difference in the CG ?
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 9 күн бұрын
@@flywayne9362 It does make a small difference however it is still well within the cg envelope and it is noticeable when the rear hopper is totally empty. The plane does not fly any differently however the stick pressure on the elevator is slightly heavier when pulling up into a turn.
@jerbs1
@jerbs1 Жыл бұрын
Why pay to have an aircraft spread fertilizer over using a tractor? Is the ground too wet?
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
Airplane does a much better job spreading evenly and can cover a lot more ground in a given time. Many farmers do not have the extra time, employees and/or the equipment to do this work. The farmers that do have the personnel and equipment usually only use the airplane if the ground is too wet and/or they need a lot done in a short time.
@matthewwagner47
@matthewwagner47 Жыл бұрын
These pilots get low Very professional pilot. Are you a veteran pilot?
@deafaviator82
@deafaviator82 Жыл бұрын
Came real close to getting a seat a few years back... life led me in another direction though. Damn I miss it every day...
@T25de
@T25de Жыл бұрын
What’s it like flying without the use of sounds?
@deafaviator82
@deafaviator82 Жыл бұрын
@@T25de …. quiet.
@sanfranciscobay
@sanfranciscobay Жыл бұрын
Does the Farmer get a Computer Graph and or Video of your application?
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
We give them the GPS data logs if they request them. It shows the exact coverage and will tell on me if I do a bad job.
@sanfranciscobay
@sanfranciscobay Жыл бұрын
@@pcohen85 Good idea to show the Customer that he is receiving what he pays for.
@tac-cobserver3788
@tac-cobserver3788 Жыл бұрын
Awesome. Also thanks for sharing some knowledges 🤙 Well, stay healthy for all of us & Safety First! ✌😉
@F6B_ADVENTURES
@F6B_ADVENTURES Жыл бұрын
Were you on or near highway 55? I was riding through and saw an airplane like yours
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
Yep, I fly along I-55 between Portageville and Sikeston in SE Missouri. What were you riding?
@F6B_ADVENTURES
@F6B_ADVENTURES Жыл бұрын
@@pcohen85 blue honda goldwing!! I’ll try and see if it’s on my video
@TylerMartin-lr9rp
@TylerMartin-lr9rp Жыл бұрын
That is an awesome video. Who makes your flight helmet?
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
That one is a Gallet 250. I also have a Gallet 050, Gentex HGU-33 and HGU-55. I prefer the Gallet because they are about 1lb lighter than the Gentex.
@mikebee969
@mikebee969 Жыл бұрын
Sweet, love watching these planes on ADS-B flying around the Potato/Soybean/Corn fields near me in Central Wisconsin
@b43xoit
@b43xoit Жыл бұрын
They say that a plus of the tractor configuration is the cooling it provides to the engine.
@JFirn86Q
@JFirn86Q Жыл бұрын
Super cool. Thanks for sharing this. I have nothing to do with farming or anything, but as a pilot this is some really interesting flying.
@hefeibao
@hefeibao Жыл бұрын
Outstanding job - thanks so much for sharing this :)
@T25de
@T25de Жыл бұрын
I want more pilot friends Too cool Holler if you’re a flyer in Denver
@TAllyn-qr3io
@TAllyn-qr3io Жыл бұрын
Looks like you are wearing a fighter pilots helmet. Does that thing have heads up display? 🤔 Hook up a bunch of cameras under and around your plane and the plane would be like an invisible plane. f35 style 🤙
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
That helmet was actually designed for helicopter crews. Helicopter helmets generally have more forward impact protection vs a helmet designed for fighters. Most fighter pilots wear the Gentex HGU-55 and the helmet I am wearing is an MSA Gallet 250.
@baby-sharkgto4902
@baby-sharkgto4902 Жыл бұрын
“802” is this in Vermont?
@moedadrumma
@moedadrumma Жыл бұрын
Killing the crop already, no? Or us 😅
@Ken-harris
@Ken-harris Жыл бұрын
You should put cameras on the outside so we can see the spray
@ChambersRacing9862
@ChambersRacing9862 Жыл бұрын
Keep doing the commentary bro.
@kellybenedix5173
@kellybenedix5173 Жыл бұрын
We used toilet paper to mark our line in the 80,s
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
I’ve flown a plane with that system. I think it was called the automatic flagman or something like that.
@OWenbock
@OWenbock Жыл бұрын
Patrick, great video. Still flying your Mooney?
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
Nah man I sold it earlier this year. I spent almost what I paid for it in maintenance, insurance and fuel over 300 hours so I thought I should rid myself of that money hole. Mooneys are the shit though, if I buy another people plane it will be a Mooney.
@owenbock4458
@owenbock4458 Жыл бұрын
@@pcohen85 makes sense man! Get into the experimental world and buy an Rv of some sort. I’ve got an Rv6 and it’s the shit, cheap as hell and fast!
@mikegerdeman362
@mikegerdeman362 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video…….Thanks! 👍🏻👍🏻
@Max-cw9bf
@Max-cw9bf Жыл бұрын
"ammonium sulfate is not a nitrogen or anything like that" ummm soooo ....
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
I promise I’m right most of the time. If you are confident all the time and right most of the time… your still going to win.
@Max-cw9bf
@Max-cw9bf Жыл бұрын
@@pcohen85 you know they say, 60% of the time, it works every time. I mean no disrespect to you and your profession, I'm an aggie myself and what you do is far and beyond what I could do sir. Best of luck in your future operations.
@tommccormick3622
@tommccormick3622 Жыл бұрын
That was great! You are a skilled intelligent man👍🏼
@josh9399
@josh9399 Жыл бұрын
dang that is interesting! Awesome stuff!
@srobak
@srobak Жыл бұрын
lol @ the helmet.... channel much? :)
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
The helmet is required by the aircraft manufacturer and the Federal Aviation Administration.
@jehtplane
@jehtplane Жыл бұрын
Great video, love the commentary. A comment I have about Airline Flying, just because the autopilot is on, does not mean you are not flying the airplane, there is a lot going on. There are certainly lull times, just like when you are ferrying between fields, but I would not say that one flying job is “flying” and the other is not. I am a 25 year Airline guy, my family owned a Crop Dusting business for over 40 years, so I am very familiar with both. Great videos!
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
I didn’t mean for that autopilot comment to come across as disrespectful to airline guys but but in retrospect I probably should have said that differently. The negative connotation in that comment was directed towards that 18k hour airline captain that said you can’t stall a plane if the airspeed is above the “stall speed”.
@jehtplane
@jehtplane Жыл бұрын
@@pcohen85 Yeah, that guy was dead wrong. Again, excellent videos!
@bernardanderson3758
@bernardanderson3758 Жыл бұрын
How many hours of Tailwheel and Ground school hours and dual instruction in the two seater Air tractor to be qualified
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
There are no published minimum requirements other than a commercial pilots license. The insurance companies have their own requirements to be insured and the owner of the aircraft/business will also have requirements.
@vancekeith5642
@vancekeith5642 Жыл бұрын
Great video! thanks for sharing
@mattwright8353
@mattwright8353 Жыл бұрын
Would love to see alot more angles
@alk672
@alk672 Жыл бұрын
That is... very very very low...
@ewthmatth
@ewthmatth Жыл бұрын
0:30 did you say "it's not a nitrogen"? Ammonium sulfate does contain nitrogen. (NH₄)₂SO₄
@chrislane2030
@chrislane2030 Жыл бұрын
HOW DO YOU TURN THE FERTILIZIER IN AND OFF
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
For fertilizer there is a toggle switch. For the spray system I have to push and pull a handle to open a ball valve.
@chrislane2030
@chrislane2030 Жыл бұрын
@@pcohen85 I LOVE THE VIDEOS
@lukebelvin4900
@lukebelvin4900 Жыл бұрын
I'm 600 hour TT commercial pilot from Georgia.. any advice finding a job like this?
@lukebelvin4900
@lukebelvin4900 Жыл бұрын
nvm I read one of your comments below. Great vid! Are you in Alabama?
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
Nah I’m not in Alabama. I fly in SE Missouri
@catejames6453
@catejames6453 Жыл бұрын
Do you own your plane?
@ivtec4fun55
@ivtec4fun55 Жыл бұрын
Thanks this was cool.
@josephportaro3678
@josephportaro3678 Жыл бұрын
What helmet is that? GA pilot asking because it looks cool af
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
That is an MSA Gallet LH050 and I’ve installed a Bose A20 in it. They are a pretty good helmet but really expensive.
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
Sorry that one is an LH250. I have a few
@josephportaro3678
@josephportaro3678 Жыл бұрын
@@pcohen85 thanks a lot! Might look ridiculous in a 172 but I'd rather that than the alternative
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
@@josephportaro3678you will get laughed at for sure
@josephportaro3678
@josephportaro3678 Жыл бұрын
@@pcohen85 story of my life friend
@medmark
@medmark Жыл бұрын
This is so cool to watch!
@dr.kennethnoisewater26
@dr.kennethnoisewater26 Жыл бұрын
Pretty neat. Thoughts on drones doing it cheaper and safer then planes?
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
With AI and quantum computing on the horizon I think eventually almost everything will eventually be automated. It would make more sense to automate the current fleet of aircraft rather than manufacture and certify some new 8 motor contraption that will carry the same weight and do the same job with the same efficiency. I don't see how drones would be any cheaper for the farmer because if they can somehow figure out how to certify a new aircraft to match our current capabilities, and somehow charge less than the industry's current prices, that would be mind blowing.
@josephdayrader2496
@josephdayrader2496 Жыл бұрын
Awesome
@aileronsintowind6835
@aileronsintowind6835 Жыл бұрын
Vitaminimulch
@SouthernFarmingTV
@SouthernFarmingTV Жыл бұрын
Keith over here has a 802 2 seater
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
Long hair hippie Keith in West Tennessee?
@SouthernFarmingTV
@SouthernFarmingTV Жыл бұрын
@@pcohen85 yep
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
@@SouthernFarmingTV yea man I know Keith. He is a good dude
@SouthernFarmingTV
@SouthernFarmingTV Жыл бұрын
@@pcohen85 I got a video on here on my channel of him buzzing our heads
@TGEWaterworks
@TGEWaterworks Жыл бұрын
Do you have to constantly trim that plane as you unload?
@pcohen85
@pcohen85 Жыл бұрын
Not as much as you would think. The load is centered very well over the CG but I do have to trim the nose down through four the load depending on where my power is set. If I pull my power back as the load decreases I won’t have to trim as much.
@TGEWaterworks
@TGEWaterworks Жыл бұрын
@@pcohen85 interesting. Thanks very much for the reply!!!! Really appreciate your time.
@kiwi6444
@kiwi6444 Жыл бұрын
Funny how you Yanks like the light bar way out there. Inside on top of the instrument panel just so much better as it is an instrument. Do Airliners have their CDI way out on the nose? no they dont.
@DKTek07
@DKTek07 Жыл бұрын
Airliners don’t operate at 10 ft agl, where the pilots eyes had better be focused outside of the cockpit. I don’t imagine that the standard panel scan applies here, except during the deadhead. Airliners typically have two pilots as well, one can scan the gauges while the others eyes are outside looking for traffic and maybe some UAP’s…🤔.
@kiwi6444
@kiwi6444 Жыл бұрын
Just saying Iv had both and inside was 100 times better. @@DKTek07
@kiwi6444
@kiwi6444 Жыл бұрын
Out on the nose you have to look at it, inside you can see it in your peripheral.@@DKTek07
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