Thrush S-2R Spray Plane Walk Around
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
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This is our 1980 Thrush S-2R Spray Plane. It's been converted to a Garrett TPE 331 -6 turbine and has been upgraded to a 500-gallon hopper. Watch this video to check her out!
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A rare find indeed! A Thrush on its wheels!!!!! Usually, they are found in their natural habitat, upside down in a corn field.
What’s wrong with a Thrush? Can you explain
I don't think there's any scientific data to show that Thrushes or Air Tractors are wrecked more. It mostly comes down to the person flying them :)
Nothing. It's like a chevy vs ford argument.
Grew up around these as we lived among agriculture and just gawked at them all day long. Thanks for the wonderful video! 🥰 I loved it.
Aww nice!! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Love your videos here in my area we have crop dusters spraying for sugarcane lot of old ag cat Biplane and some air tractors keep the. Videos coming 👍
Thanks for watching!!
Great
video, thanks kids!
Thanks for watching!
I appreciate your adaptability to the Thrush over the “Cadillac” Air Tractor you’ve been used to. I believe it comes down to the pilot flying it and how well the maintenance is performed. You can obviously get the job done in a Thrush. I know there are Thrush haters out there for whatever reasons ( likely not by too many good ag pilots), and I’m personally partial to Air Tractors because they’re built here in Texas 🤠, but any of them will lose their wings if a load is dumped all at once and you pull up to fast. It comes down to knowing the aircraft and its limitations as well as its capabilities. I believe your Thrushes are in good hands Tyson!! You’re like a modern day WW2 fighter pilot in an ag plane! 😂😂 I look forward to your Stearman one day!
Just a quick note for anyone reading through the comments here. I think the wings falling off incident you're referring to are the viral gender reveal crash(es). Those are the Ipanema aircraft (I think made out of Brazil) and the wing spars time out. The result of the wings failing is likely due to maintenance neglect. That is extremely rare for Thrush or Air Tractors (when maintained properly, especially because we take our maintenance times very seriously in the US.
Just wanted to clarify that because a lot of people who see those videos mistake them for Thrush or Air Tractor.
Thanks as always for your comments, Rob!!
@@AgAviationAdventures You’re absolutely right. I apologize too for not stressing the maintenance part of the equation enough. I have seen two videos of a Thrush and a Pawnee though, both spraying when the wings failed. That’s why I mentioned maintenance and over loading the wings. But again, I didn’t stress the maintenance part enough. The spars do have a limit to how long they’re safe. The gender reveal was indeed a different aircraft and was mainly due to poor maintenance but also over loading the wings when the weight and balance changes so dramatically by dumping the load all at once and pulling straight up at the same time it increases the g factor quickly and can cause over stress to the wings. A newer, PROPERLY maintained aircraft will let you get away with it. One with cracked or fatigued spars won’t. The C-130 fire fighting aircraft that crashed a couple of years ago was exactly this scenario.
Absolutely!!
Excellent Explanation On Aircraft Functions
Thanks Dan!!
Think you sir, our salutations to Mr jody bays,
Thank you!!
THANKS for sharing!
Thanks for watching!!
Thanks for the walk around 👍
Thanks for watching :)
Enjoyed the video. Hope y’all have a great season.
Thanks so much!
Interesting episode, thanks for taking the time to share this with us.
Best Wishes.
Thanks for watching!!
Спасибо, коллега! Очень интересно. Ширина захвата маловата. На Ан-2 от 30 до 40 метров. Зато у вас легко и быстро менять дозировку (норму вылива рабочей жидкости на гектар). На Ан-2 надо менять количество распылителей или полностью их менять на распылители с другим сечением. У нас нет аварийного сброса, что не есть хорошо. И объем бака маловат - всего 1200 литров.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you
Thank you!!
Nice work!
Thanks for watching!
500 gallons that's a lot of weight, couple tons worth. Curious if it'll haul a full load on a high density altitude day? As I recall way back in the day, my Dad's old sprayers had about 180 ish gallon hoppers, but they didn't have the big wings & engines in those days either.
Yeah on hot, high density alt days it can be hard to haul the full 500 gallons but it also depends on the strip, fields, etc.
Awesome chap!
Only thing I'd ask is why have your anti-collision light behind the cockpit?
It would hardly show!
How many take offs and landing have you done?
Likely many, many more than an average pilot!
Best from me Down Under in Middle Earth!
I don't know I guess that's where they put them? I honestly have no idea how many take offs or landings I've done, maybe somewhere between 6000-8000?
Thanks for watching and commenting!!
Watch out for stray hopper bolts. They will really mess up a pump.
Oh yeah I can imagine!
Hey Tyler do your Thrushes have AC with the long days working would play you out big time with low winds and long hours
No, the A/C wasn't working this year. Made for some hot, long, tiring days!
Tyson i notice that garrett prop turns ccw like the pt6, but does your other thrush turn cw ? my question is, when you jump into a cw turning prop, is it a challenge to use opposite rudder on take off and are the turns to the right easier ? thanks
-6’s turn the right way. -5’s and -10’s turn the wrong way. It’s not so much a challenge using the opposite rudder, as one must always give the aircraft the proper control inputs that it needs.
The -10 would turn CCW and I've not flown one. This is a -6 and it turns CW like the PT6. Thanks for watching and commenting!
hello there, do you guys have a video talking about the part 141 and 61 for crop dusting? if so, i didn't find it but, is 141 necessary for crop dusting?
No, part 141 isn't required for crop dusting. We're not sure anything "requires" part 141? I suppose some employers could require 141 but you can do a lot through a 61 school.
@@AgAviationAdventures ty so much I really appreciate it
Everyone has to make an emergency dump once and a while eh
Yes?
hi, I am 62 years old, and I have 35 years of experience as an airframe and engine aircraft technician and controller on the S2RT34 and S2RT660 turbo-thrush aircraft, within the air group of the Royal Gendarmerie Rabat, now I am in retirement, and I wish to work in your company in the position that corresponds to my specialty, awaiting a favorable response, please accept my sincere greetings sir.

Thanks for the comment. We are not currently hiring.
We're u selling one?
No
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Hey sorry I called you Tyler was just talking to a buddy Tyler
My old Pawnee 260 did not have AC and you would be played out at the end of the day
No worries! We have a Tyler on our team too so it can get confusing. Yeah the A/C was down this year in the Thrush and it got pretty brutal there for a bit.