Mystery Crop-Duster! They are all so similar! Experts required please……….
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It's not a compartment. Behind the seat is a sheetmetal wall with tubing on the inner side.... There is baracks that house our 4 point harness... The barack for the shoulder harness runs through there.
In different airplane set up there will be our GPS usually in the baggage area but I have seen some behind the pilot area too...
In different airplane set up there will be our GPS usually in the baggage area but I have seen some behind the pilot area too...
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It's not a compartment. Behind the seat is a sheetmetal wall with tubing on the inner side.... There is baracks that house our 4 point harness... The barack for the shoulder harness runs through there.
In different airplane set up there will be our GPS usually in the baggage area but I have seen some behind the pilot area too...
In different airplane set up there will be our GPS usually in the baggage area but I have seen some behind the pilot area too...
I appreciate it.
So in Thrushes that area is just where the "base" of your harness is fitted.
Interesting.
The piper Pawnee just seem to have have space there for personal effects, water bottles etc. Wonder if their harness is very different!
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Quick comment. The Thrush in your picture has bracing wires above and below the tailplane. The Air Tractor has just bracing struts below.
The accident aircraft has struts below.
Is it a Thrush with an airframe mod, perhaps....? :-)
The accident aircraft has struts below.
Is it a Thrush with an airframe mod, perhaps....? :-)
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However, checking the picture I took last week this Thrush seems to have struts too!!!??
What´s up with those wires below and above the tailplane?
Anybody knows!!????
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brace wire info
The bracing wires top and bottom were off the earlier model aircraft which had a fabric tailplane. The later model aircraft was metal covered and only had the V struts underneath the horizontal stabiliser.
As both the Thrush and Air Tractor were designed by the same guy you would expect them to look similar. One quick tell tale sign is to look at the vent set up or bulge on the top of the hopper. The Thrush has them on the right hand side halfway down the tank and is quite pronounced. The Air Tractor's "bump" is located centrally in front of the windscreen and is of a smaller nature.
As both the Thrush and Air Tractor were designed by the same guy you would expect them to look similar. One quick tell tale sign is to look at the vent set up or bulge on the top of the hopper. The Thrush has them on the right hand side halfway down the tank and is quite pronounced. The Air Tractor's "bump" is located centrally in front of the windscreen and is of a smaller nature.
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One quick tell tale sign is to look at the vent set up or bulge on the top of the hopper. The Thrush has them on the right hand side halfway down the tank and is quite pronounced. The Air Tractor's "bump" is located centrally in front of the windscreen and is of a smaller nature.
On paper they are here, but I always end up looking at Thrushes, anywhere I go.
Will try some other air strips soon……..will post pics if I catch the two side by side.
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RESURRECTION ALARM! More mysteries………..
I came across some unknown crop dusters that I consider to up load to 1 or 2 photo websites…………but I need a positive I.D first!
Googling the Registration# did not yield anything.
Here we go:
Anybody? What are these two please?
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I came across some unknown crop dusters that I consider to up load to 1 or 2 photo websites…………but I need a positive I.D first!
Googling the Registration# did not yield anything.
Here we go:
Anybody? What are these two please?
Cheers,
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