Life of an Ag Spray Pilot

[@tonystewart7287]

Ag Pilots in NZ really earn their pay, early starts, always flying on nice days so that means there days off are when the weather is bad!

[@ashvw]

Baz really knows the limits of his aircraft. I don't know if I would be that aggressive with a Robinson. 😯 Seems it would be beneficial to them to just get a more powerful helicopter so they could carry larger tanks. 🤔 Very cool video either way! Glad to see you back for 2024!

[@farmerfin275]

R44 still a popular ag machine here in NZ. Bigger machine for bigger jobs but the "Robbie" still good and more economic for the smaller ones. Don't hear of too many mishaps in ag ops either so take from that what you may.

[@ramjet4025]

Nonsensical. For Ag Flying it was far from being too aggressive. The R44 is is the most economical machine for many operations.

[@CCitis]

MD500

[@unclegeek]

Great video. The views from start to finish were spectacular. Thanks for taking us along. Blessings

[@mikercflyer7383]

Nice to see you back. Looking forward to more of your videos.

[@dasilvatransportinc180]

I was missing your videos, I'm glad you’re back. God bless you

[@DanielMigneault]

What a ride we made, thank you for sharing, really incredible!

[@drumsandstix128]

Thats a beautiful part of NZ

[@Steeyuv]

Never came across a bad one!

[@Raywasilewski-c6n]

Very cool video thank you

[@cookimnstr]

Love ALL your vlogs! Looking forward to more of your content😎

[@andrewcbartlett]

Great video thank you.

[@Ben-Dixey]

Enjoyed the video, I guess the pilot has to resist unloading the rotor being a Robinson. I would have thought easy to do with that job.

[@Whirlynerds]

loved this! 💌

[@chipmartin1223]

Nice work!!! Enjoyed it!!!! Great video as usual brother.

[@LicenseToTill]

Looks like a lot of fun. Pays well. Hazard pays!

[@10oner]

Helicopter pilots dont make shit for Money

[@LicenseToTill]

@@10oner first turbine gig making 70k US. Work 7/7 on/off. Next job will be 120k + as EMS Pilot in the H145, also 7/7 with Metro. I like the lifestyle and job better than airlines, I fly planes as well.

[@edteam6927]

Awesome!!!!!! God Bless

[@kiltedpiper98]

Cool video. Mad skills. Did it make you feel a little uncomfortable at the further limits of the heli? Not unsafe, just much different than your typical instruction flight. I do like the new logo!

[@jessemorgan3589]

I’m curious as to why people think this is at the limit of the helicopter?

[@kiltedpiper98]

@@jessemorgan3589 not at the limits of the helicopter, but most pilots do not train on flying like this. Pilot Yellow is very experienced, as he states in the video, he has not done this type of flying before. Wondering how it felt.

[@matthewobrien8318]

Awesome flying, go and find a venison recovery pilot to fly with, the last great adventure

[@helicopterovirtual-msfs6254]

Sensacional.

[@tylerw1418]

I do it. I love it.

[@paulmurray8734]

What crops are growing their that they're spraying weeds for?

[@Novadean1]

I won't to do a job like this got Training in Bell 47 and running out of money to moveing on .

[@PilotYellow]

It’s actually pine trees that are planted so they are trying to keep the grass down so the pines can grow back and reforest.

[@paulmurray8734]

@@PilotYellow thank you for the reply say hello to Ruben for me !

[@TheMarsgia]

pilot got hovering skills

[@poisonivy2380]

Good lord. As an American working in the southeast mostly in forestry with 206’s… their spray system setup is massive and inefficient. An entire Honda motor mounted to the skids plus all those hoses and the double tanks. They can’t be taking more than like 40-50g before hitting max gross weight

[@agcopta9633]

Very light set up with fibreglass tanks and alloy boom. Legal at around 230 ltrs payload. Need the big motor to pump out over 200 ltrs per minute for heavy water rates.

[@poisonivy2380]

@@agcopta9633 we also use fiberglass tanks and aluminum booms. What kind of gallons(or liters) per acre are you spraying at generally? And swath width? It’s not uncommon for us to spray 10-15gpa on forestry work, and using electric pumps that weigh 22-24lb it’s fairly easy to maintain a ground speed between 50-65 With a jet ranger, max gross weight capacity is between 50-80g (190-300liters) With the L3, 100-120g(380-450liters)

[@agcopta9633]

@poisonivy2380 On forestrys 150 to 200 ltrs per hectare at around 10 to 12 mtr swath to get a over lap both ways so bout the same as you but on gorse we are at 400 to 600 ltrs per hectare swath at 6.5 mtr swath with over lap. Can run a smaller Honda motor for lighter water rate. I'd have to check the weight of motors sory. Not sure the 44 would like a electric pump. Thanks

[@agcopta9633]

@poisonivy2380 I personally run a fiberglass belly tank but its heavier than than the set up on this video

[@poisonivy2380]

@@agcopta9633 interesting Took me a minute to translate to ‘merican measurements… why did the us decide to measure things differently than 95% of the world Thanks for the insight

[@Mike7478F]

Neat. Kia Ora

[@nepaldev8873]

How can I b like u

[@blueman5924]

Well, at least the spray fluid can’t be too toxic, cause nobody is wearing ppe. Some great tight piloting there. 👍👍

[@ramjet4025]

The music destroyed this video, we can't hear the real music, the R44.

[@pilotpeego1820]

Drones are now being used in certain areas instead of helicopters.

[@TheTightSqueeze]

It’s less expensive, faster, and more accurate. Everything can be scanned and set up to run on autopilot essentially.

[@rowan-d5f]

Maybe for spraying 5-10 acre fields but for anything big drones are nowhere near competing with helis

[@westerlywinds5684]

Some helicopters are drones now. Like a drone MD500 and Bell 204.

[@danwaldie4661]

Why don’t you tell us where you are?

[@PilotYellow]

There are co ordinates on the thumbnail of the video.

[@LabiaLicker]

"gayland" lol