Aerial Application Test

The purpose of calibration is to: - ANSWER-Apply the correct amount of pesticide. Applying a pesticide at a rate that is higher than the pesticide label rate is: - ANSWER-Illegal. Increasing airspeed without changing the spray output will result in: - ANSWER-Less pesticide active ingredient applied per acre. If 1700 ounces of material is collected from nozzles on a helicopter spray boom in 90 seconds, what is the total flow volume in gallons per minute? - ANSWER-8.85 An aircraft spraying system has an output volume of 8 gallons per minute. How many gallons are sprayed per mile when the aircraft travels at 130 miles per hour? - ANSWER-3.7 An effective swath width is the: - ANSWER-Width of a single pass that includes portions of overlaps from other passes. An aircraft sprays 20.2 gallons per minute. How many minutes of spraying time are needed to spray out 147 gallons of spray mixture? - ANSWER-7.3 Given an application rate of 11.3 gallons per acre, how many acres can be sprayed with 147 gallons of spray mixture? - ANSWER-13 If an aircraft treats 14 acres per tank of spray mixture, how many pints of pesticide liquid should be put into the spray tank to apply at a volume of 1.5 pints per acre? - ANSWER-21 How many acres