Helicopter Crop Dusting

Watch this helicopter spray soybeans in western Indiana.
We will see him refill by landing on the semi truck. The nurse truck refills the helicopter with chemicals for the next passes. The sprayer tender trailer has a landing pad for the helicopter to land during refills.
This crop duster is used for aerial fungicide, herbicide and pesticide applications.

[@MrTizzle75]

Great video!!!! I don't get to see this perspective ever so this is a real treat! Thank you!!!! Brian (pilot that day)

[@ColdStoneRacing]

Wow. That was some bad ass flying, sir!

[@txtallywhacker]

Ok so 2 gal/acre? I'm in my 3rd season with R44 and I regularly leave the truck with 65 gal, 75 if I have a stiff headwind. So if you are only taking 80, the step up to a turbine is 100% not worth it with the hot section wheels at 400% markup

[@MrTizzle75]

@txtallywhacker perhaps. No experience with r44. Turbines aren't cheap. I'm also 230lbs. I can take 90 plus with that same headwind you speak of. Just limit my fuel. 206 is very smooth and a wonderful platform. 14 seasons in the 206. Average about 45000 acres a season corn and beans.

[@brandondvorak4438]

@@MrTizzle75amazing job!!!!

[@brandondvorak4438]

@@MrTizzle75military backround or how did you get the flying experiance!!?

[@realkilju]

Very skilled pilot! Amazing to watch

[@guitarhillbilly1482]

Some parts of the Country and certain jobs Helicopters are the way to go. Other parts of the Country and certain jobs the Turbine powered Air Tractors and Thrushes are an advantage. Use the right tool for the right job. Nice Video .

[@RickPerry4960]

Very nice! Those planes or helicopters that do that have some nerves of steel. They sure can cover some acres fast.

[@chrisovermyer1974]

That dude can fly!

[@michaelbaker826]

Great piloting. You have enormous skill. Helicopter sure is nice. Thanks for sharing.

[@RCCopterLove]

This must be a dream job for every pilot who realy loves to fly (although it looks hot like hell)! I have the feeling to see the joy in the face of this great pilot in every of these fun turns. So much skill involved to do it so smooth and preciese! Wow. This muxt be at the same time the best training for your skills to coordinate collective pitch, cyclic and yaw alltogehter, using the momentum of the machine! Fantastic. If I could be young again I would do this job with so much passion and love! As this is not an option I keep flying my small RC helis with the same passion!

[@arjunpatel1751]

Really amazing! Thank you for making a video.i really enjoyed it.

[@byde6673]

The dude IS THE TOP GUN!

[@John-nc4bl]

Thats a narrow spray boom on the helo, not even the diameterof the rotor blades which means many more passes across the field that a wider boom would cover.

[@ColdStoneRacing]

You aren't allowed to run a boom the same width as the rotor.

[@dougb27]

Nope. The spray spreads out much further than the boom width.

[@27GX76R]

I've been trying this on flight simulator 2024 and wow! It's tough. Been trying to get a good rhythm with the turns

[@SouthernFarmingTV]

Gotta love aerial ag turns

[@zachofalltrades2578]

Where can I get a job like this.

[@michaelsmith6895]

Wish I had that much talent and ability...too cool for words😊

[@tractorchasers]

Agreed! It was very impressive to see!

[@MachTuck]

Bad ass job!

[@MrTizzle75]

The chemical label is our guidebook to the application. Typical wordage is that you can only boom out to 70-80% of your wingspan. Airplanes and helicopters follow the same guidelines. My boom is 26'. My rotor disk is roughly 34'. My swath has been certified to 55'. I typicall run 50-52' swath. Think of the helicopter as a zero turn radius mower and a plane as a 15' batwing type mower. Different jobs are suited for each.

[@Beltfedshooters]

So when they say organic they mean no crop dusting?

[@deborahedwards1427]

Nice job filming

[@tractorchasers]

Thank you!

[@joserivas7855]

Tremendo. Piloto. Sabe. Lo q hace y juega. Con su maquina. Good Ai. Like. Con. Gratuletion

[@junior6x644]

here from dominican republic have 6 helicopter crop services

[@bruce-z9p]

Looks like fun

[@MartinJefferies-j1d]

Aren't helicopters more expensive and more expensive to maintain than airplanes?

[@MatteBlackSilhouette]

This Wisconsin?

[@tractorchasers]

This was in western Indiana.

[@helicopterovirtual-msfs6254]

Excelente máquina.

[@GunRightsforCanada]

Awesome 👌

[@shawndanner3361]

Awsome

[@monostripeexplosiveexplora2374]

cool

[@tylerw1418]

Right peddle

[@joselnegrongonzalez3344]

Veneno para nuestro alimento

[@YossiaNorth]

Your halocaptor is just a joke compared to a Kamov Ka-26.

[@charadremur333]

I would agree if it were a "halocaptor" but unfortunately it is a helicopter.

[@kevinh7125]

Ok bud.. it's just crop dusting..

[@QEsposito510]

I’d have a ball in one of these joke halocopters.