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An agricultural aircraft is an aircraft that has been built or converted for agricultural use – usually aerial application of pesticides (crop dusting) or fertilizer (aerial topdressing); in these roles, they are referred to as "crop dusters" or "top dressers". Agricultural aircraft are also used for hydroseeding.
The M-15 was a relatively heavy aircraft, and has been described as being the heaviest biplane to ever be produced. [7] For the crop-dusting mission, the M-15 could accommodate a payload of just under three tons of pesticides within two sizable pylons that separated its two wings; chemical dispersal was achieved via compressed air. [4]
PZL-Mielec, then known as WSK-Mielec, began to design the Dromader in the mid 1970s, with help of United States aircraft manufacturer Rockwell International.PZL-Mielec asked for Rockwell's help because of the political situation at the time: operating in an Eastern Bloc country, PZL wanted the aircraft to sell well worldwide, and the company realized that certification by the United States ...
Since the major civil aeronautical activity in the area in the 1950s was crop-dusting, most of the company's activities centered on agricultural aircraft. By 1958 the company principals felt they could build aircraft which could be used in such applications, and a trio of designers, brothers Cesar and Héctor Boero and Celestine Barale, began ...
His first new design, the Edgar Percival P.9 was a utility aircraft designed for agricultural use. The aircraft was a high-wing monoplane with an unusual pod and boom fuselage. The pod and boom design allowed the aircraft to be fitted with a hopper for crop spraying. The pilot and one passenger sat together with room for four more passengers.
Following the purchase of CAC in 1962 by Intermountain Manufacturing Company (IMCO) the latter produced a new agricultural derivative of the Callair, the CallAir A-9. Production of the new aircraft started in 1963. [1] Like the earlier CallAir aircraft, the A-9 is a single-engined monoplane with a braced low wing. It is of mixed construction ...
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94 General characteristics Crew: two Capacity: Six passengers or 320 US gal (1,200 L) liquid or 2,350 lb (1,070 kg) powder hopper Length: 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m) Wingspan: 42 ft 0 in (12.80 m) Height: 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) Wing area: 294.0 sq ft (27.31 m 2) Airfoil: NACA 4415 Empty weight: 2,620 lb (1,188 kg) Gross weight: 4,860 lb (2,204 kg) normal ...
It was designed for crop dusting and liquid spraying, and was certified in 1967. In 1970, the Model 201A was introduced that had a larger chemical hopper and fuel capacity; it was also built as the Model 201B with minor improvements.