Technical properties and spraying systems of agricultural aircrafts in Turkey

ABSTRACTTECHNICAL PROPERTIES AND SPRAYING SYSTEMSOF AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFTS IN TURKEYAydın ÇEL KDEPARTMANT OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERYINSTITUTE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCESUNIVERSITY OF ÇUKUROVASupervisor: Assist. Prof.Dr. Ali Musa BOZDOĞANYear: 2006, Page: 57Jury : Assist. Prof.Dr. Ali Musa BOZDOĞANProf. Dr. Ali BAYATProf. Dr. Ramazan SAĞLAMIn this research, it was aimed to determine of technique properties, performancespecifications and spraying systems of aircrafts in Turkey. There are 32 number of agriculturalspray company, and they have 103 agricultural aircrafts in 2005, in Turkey. Private companieshave 71 aircrafts which 51 of them aircrafts are located in Çukurova. There are also 25 aircraftsin the Turkish Air Association (THK) and 7 aircrafts are in the semi private company, asAntbirlik. There are totally 7 models and 13 different type agricultural aircrafts in Turkey. Ratioof the Piper models aircrafts is approximately 55 % of total aircrafts. Ratio of monoplane andlow-wing type aircrafts is approximately 85 % of total number. Engine power of aircrafts isbetween 150-1000 HP. Generally, teejet nozzles which have brass nozzle bodies are used inspraying systems of these aircrafts. Hopper capacities of aircrafts are between 300-2000 kg-l.Airspeed of aircrafts is between 100-160 km/h in aerial applications.Keywords: Agricultural Aviation, Agricultural Aircraft, Spraying System, Technical Properties