Category 11 Aerial Application Review

What action must you complete before dropping in over any obstructions on swath approach? - ANSWER-Turnaround Do not make turns over the following at any time? - ANSWER-Residences, poultry houses, livestock, and ponds/reservoirs. Minimum altitude you must maintain during ferrying flights? - ANSWER-500ft AGL When ferrying never fly directly over what kind of buildings? - ANSWER-Farm buildings During ferrying flights it is good practice to do what on each new run? - ANSWER-Deviate course 1/8-1/4 of a miles from your previous course Aerial application equipment is calibrated according to what metric? - ANSWER-APM or Acres per minute DGPS-mediated flow controllers do what? - ANSWER-Adjust flow dependent on aircraft speed Application height is the distance between what two things? - ANSWER-nozzle tip/spreader exit plant canopy Small droplet sprays require what sort of application heights? - ANSWER-Application heights of 8-10ft above canopy for droplet sizes in the 150-200 micron range What sort of water co