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Post by nuuumannn on Jun 25, 2022 15:43:31 GMT 12
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Post by delticman on Jun 25, 2022 16:15:02 GMT 12
Not got any of ZK-NAO fitted with spray gear? Nope, wasn't living in NZ at the time. To my surprise. looking back through this thread, there is a closeup pf NAO as a sprayer and one in the cockpit showing the GPS lightbar. |
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Post by madmac on Jun 25, 2022 17:26:59 GMT 12
Nope, wasn't living in NZ at the time. To my surprise. looking back through this thread, there is a closeup pf NAO as a sprayer and one in the cockpit showing the GPS lightbar. Those photos are from when the spray was test fitted with the possiblity of spraying dispersant on the oil slick from the Rena. She did however have the loom already fitted, I think she did some of the last runs after NAN had her oops. THe GPS unit was actually owned by MAF apprently & should have gone back but got packed away when the gear was removed at the end of the apple moth program. Had she been used to spray dispersant on the Rena's slick the droplet size recommendations would have seen the spray mozzles removed as it looked by calculation that the required outlet size was something like an 1/8" outlet. It got canned before we moved on to test flying, would have actually required quite a bit of work to make airworthly as some elements were stored ouside, & there were possible issues with regard to the spray boom mounting brackets cracking on each flight. I have always wondered if the helicopter spraying didn't work because it wasn't set up quite right with regard to droplet size. |
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ZK-NAO ii 
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