Wow, what an awesome farm strip! I bet that was cheap and easy to build... not! These model planes of yours are really coming along. I didn't realise you could actually fly them from inside now :)
My god, everything about this video was fascinating. I've never seen such clear prop or wingtip vortices, never seen a runway with a slope, and never seen or even heard of a air tractor. Really cool stuff!
???! City dweller? Air Tractor are pretty well the standard crop duster machine from my farming experience. Always exciting just watching 'em. Though, as you see them dive onto a field surrounded by tall gum trees, hurtle across undulating ground, thread under 66kv transmission lines then haul back to clear the gum trees and hill beyond, you realise that a broad streak of insanity is a definite prerequisite for a career in crop dusting! ;-) Spectacular video of the vortices in the morning mist - never seen anything like it here. Unique set-up suggests that this operator has survived long enough in the game to achieve "Top Gun" status. Possibly the standard NZ cartoon postcard of a sheer cliff with a single straggly right-angled tree growing out of it and a helicopter dangling from a blade driven through it might have been posed for by this fellah! :D
Beautiful shots Chris, last time I saw the strip in your videos it was gravel. Did you subsidise the cost of the concrete so your models wouldn't get their undercarriage ripped off? :D
I wonder if you could calculate the vortic ring spacings and match it up to the pitch of the prop ? at 4:43 it was longer the the plane body by the looks..... the new concrete runway is very impressive
Nitrogen fertilizer, plant food. It's very difficult to stand on top of the plane while it's working, so I stand under it. th-cam.com/video/7xf-ikdLqrk/w-d-xo.html
Good to see the Hoerner wingtips working so well, the vortices are nominal showing high efficiency. The Hoerner tip design is rated at 95% efficiency. Lovely location and camera work, really enjoyed seeing it so thank you for sharing. When travelling throughout NZ I was forunate enough to see this happening and also when flying my microlight watching them work the paddocks and do the runway dance. Some of the latter are very basic, your runway setup is very good.
Wow. Thank you. I really enjoyed the flying skills and methods, seeing the runway arrangements, your photography, admiring the tip vortices. Loved it all.
I've always thought that a bent runway like this might be more space efficient for certain aircraft. Would be hard to land like this in a 747 on a huge runway like this but for small aircraft this looks perfect.
Runway looks fine and layout understandable given the terrain all around your site. Just wondering why, whomever built or designed it, didn't include a sealed turn-around section at the top. After all, those rocks have to be the operators worst enemy with possible prop damage if any decide to get thrown up during turn-around. Admittedly a bit more prop clearance than your average Cessna 172 (not one would ever be plomping one in there..... 😊) however, a potential problem just the same I would have thought.
Yeah I was surprised too, that the top section didn't go over a little further on at least one side, since the plane always turns around on the same side and it's only a few more meters compared to the overall area of concrete laid. After a while the unsealed section will subside so that there's a significant edge to climb up... I think. I was hoping for more width at the top, would have been more helpful for my planes :)
High relative humidity in the air condenses as pressure rises due to airfoil interactions, makes the wing tip vortices and prop blade tip vortices visible.
A truly amazing operational setup, and fantastic meteorological conditions to capture. Can't help but wonder what kind of FPV tunnel effect is viewable from the pilot's perspective (4:50, 6:22). As completes turn on short, turbine sound changes, suggesting increasing RPM prior to touchdown. (1:56, 6:46). The propeller pitch is definitely decreasing, not sure if just flat, or using any reverse pitch to aid in STOL at touchdown. This an impressive no wind STOL operation. Is interesting to see that while diameter of vortex rings don't really change, the trailing length of tail does increase with wing loading (and propeller blade loading). The takeoff runs are so fascinating. Thanks for the effort, and time capturing and editing. Very educational and spectacular videography. :) Great timing BTW, as Top-Gun: Maverick was released at theatres this weekend (US).
@@iforce2d Ok! Thanks for your reply. At the same time, I want to answer your question you asked me on my channel. There may be more people who wonder why they use helicopters to spread, in this case lime on lakes, instead of by boat. The lakes in this case are many, are remote and most have no road connection at all. At best, there is only one forest road, it still can not carry a truck with 40,000 kg of lime. It's just about logistics here. However, the helicopter spreads 40 tons in about 1.5 hours on average. Of course we use a boat as much as possible, but it requires a drivable road all the way to the lake. I hope I explained well enough.
Beautiful!
I have never seen vortices captured more beautifully! Incredible job!
Indeed!
They do look amazing indeed.
Wow, what an awesome farm strip! I bet that was cheap and easy to build... not! These model planes of yours are really coming along. I didn't realise you could actually fly them from inside now :)
My god, everything about this video was fascinating. I've never seen such clear prop or wingtip vortices, never seen a runway with a slope, and never seen or even heard of a air tractor. Really cool stuff!
???! City dweller? Air Tractor are pretty well the standard crop duster machine from my farming experience. Always exciting just watching 'em. Though, as you see them dive onto a field surrounded by tall gum trees, hurtle across undulating ground, thread under 66kv transmission lines then haul back to clear the gum trees and hill beyond, you realise that a broad streak of insanity is a definite prerequisite for a career in crop dusting! ;-)
Spectacular video of the vortices in the morning mist - never seen anything like it here. Unique set-up suggests that this operator has survived long enough in the game to achieve "Top Gun" status. Possibly the standard NZ cartoon postcard of a sheer cliff with a single straggly right-angled tree growing out of it and a helicopter dangling from a blade driven through it might have been posed for by this fellah! :D
Fascinating, thanks for braving the cold
What a skilled pilot, and photographer.
I wonder what it looks like inside of the cockpit when the vortices surround you.
Very impressive shots and a pilot who knows his craft. The short approaches with precise landing, madness!
If this would be an artform this would be the best performance rated 10/10
That is a space efficient runway!
Nice shots dude.
Wow, I never imagined that that little strip of concrete was actually used as a runway for full-scale aircraft
Top vortices and what a posh new concrete strip
So beautiful :O I didn't know that you could see the vortexes of the propeller aswell!
The humidity was very cooperative! Lighting too! Great stuff!
Nice of them to upgrade your RC runway
WOW! Photos like this could totally be sold for an aviation calendar! Amazing.
Beautiful shots Chris, last time I saw the strip in your videos it was gravel. Did you subsidise the cost of the concrete so your models wouldn't get their undercarriage ripped off? :D
In that morning light, they look fake!
cold air and humidity will make it look like that.
2:58 Looks like he has *just* enough clearance for that spreader.
Great video. THX for sharing
The low sun and moisture laden air made it perfect conditions.....Oh, and flat calm of course.... Nice job, great video...🤔😳👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Like tentacles from the ghost creatures in "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within". 3D animators should study this video.
I wonder if you could calculate the vortic ring spacings and match it up to the pitch of the prop ?
at 4:43 it was longer the the plane body by the looks.....
the new concrete runway is very impressive
Not only did you get the wing tip tip vortex. But you also captured the propeller tip vortex as well. One amazing of a shot.
oh no! Chemtrails!
Some Top Gun theme music wouldn’t have been out of place here
Fantastic corkscrew! I’ll bet that universities will be showing this video during Aeronautics classes!
Oh wow! Incredible footage!
Beautiful! And what a runway :-O
is this planet Earth? I am in california and can never find something like this
I'm astounded youtube has kept this vid hidden
Those prop vortices are NUTS!
why is this happening , humidity, temperature, sun, fog ?????
Yes, a bit of everything I think.
What are they spraying/dusting with and for, and why are you standing under it??
Nitrogen fertilizer, plant food. It's very difficult to stand on top of the plane while it's working, so I stand under it.
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Great filing and piloting!!
OMG! AWESOME!!!
Awesome again sir.
Awesome video!!👍👍
yo wtf this is trippy as hell!!!! 😲
Good to see the Hoerner wingtips working so well, the vortices are nominal showing high efficiency. The Hoerner tip design is rated at 95% efficiency.
Lovely location and camera work, really enjoyed seeing it so thank you for sharing. When travelling throughout NZ I was forunate enough to see this happening and also when flying my microlight watching them work the paddocks and do the runway dance. Some of the latter are very basic, your runway setup is very good.
Not a bad day at the office
Stunning photography.. love the vortex generated by the propeller..
It must be like flying down a tube waterslide. :o)
really nice, thank you for sharing this!
But is the plain "spraying" seeds? really nice!
Wow. Thank you. I really enjoyed the flying skills and methods, seeing the runway arrangements, your photography, admiring the tip vortices. Loved it all.
I've always thought that a bent runway like this might be more space efficient for certain aircraft. Would be hard to land like this in a 747 on a huge runway like this but for small aircraft this looks perfect.
WOW do you see that or is that a camera setting?
It shows up well because the sun is almost exactly on the opposite side of it - daybreak !
I guess the cartel guys are watching this with great interest. Damn that's beautiful.
I love watching these planes work. I even tried to get into the drop zone. The video is on my channel.
What an incredible sight it’s even coming off the prop, and how does he land with such accuracy after such a tight turn great pilot skill.
i assume thats tempory landing strip how many truck loads ?
I wish I was piloting that plane, must have a ton of power out of that turbine engine. Thanks!
amazing! where is it???
New Zealand
Runway looks fine and layout understandable given the terrain all around your site.
Just wondering why, whomever built or designed it, didn't include a sealed turn-around section at the top.
After all, those rocks have to be the operators worst enemy with possible prop damage if any decide to get thrown up during turn-around.
Admittedly a bit more prop clearance than your average Cessna 172 (not one would ever be plomping one in there..... 😊) however, a potential problem just the same I would have thought.
Yeah I was surprised too, that the top section didn't go over a little further on at least one side, since the plane always turns around on the same side and it's only a few more meters compared to the overall area of concrete laid. After a while the unsealed section will subside so that there's a significant edge to climb up... I think.
I was hoping for more width at the top, would have been more helpful for my planes :)
+1👍 💪
unreal! That's so cool!
That's a badass pilot
Cool video! Was it light painting effects?
High relative humidity in the air condenses as pressure rises due to airfoil interactions, makes the wing tip vortices and prop blade tip vortices visible.
gorgeous
A truly amazing operational setup, and fantastic meteorological conditions to capture.
Can't help but wonder what kind of FPV tunnel effect is viewable from the pilot's perspective (4:50, 6:22).
As completes turn on short, turbine sound changes, suggesting increasing RPM prior to touchdown. (1:56, 6:46). The propeller pitch is definitely decreasing, not sure if just flat, or using any reverse pitch to aid in STOL at touchdown. This an impressive no wind STOL operation.
Is interesting to see that while diameter of vortex rings don't really change, the trailing length of tail does increase with wing loading (and propeller blade loading). The takeoff runs are so fascinating.
Thanks for the effort, and time capturing and editing. Very educational and spectacular videography. :)
Great timing BTW, as Top-Gun: Maverick was released at theatres this weekend (US).
Love the sound of that engine 👍👍🇺🇸
Nice turbine prop engine
@@rjung_ch just some beautiful music right there 😉🇺🇸
For me, the best sound is from the propeller.
What's being spread?
I was wandering that. The aircraft passes are very high and the spray is quite narrow.
@@mikelinton8011 I've seen that spreader used for seeds in US rice planting. Don't think that's what they're doing though
nitrogen fertilizer
@@iforce2d thanks! Is this your farm?
No, I just rent a spare house on it
Is it lime they spread?
I have a small clip (bad quality) on my channel where we spread lime by helicopter on lakes just outside Uddevalla, Sweden.
Those are cool videos. Thanks for mentioning them here.
nitrogen fertilizer
@@iforce2d Ok! Thanks for your reply.
At the same time, I want to answer your question you asked me on my channel. There may be more people who wonder why they use helicopters to spread, in this case lime on lakes, instead of by boat.
The lakes in this case are many, are remote and most have no road connection at all. At best, there is only one forest road, it still can not carry a truck with 40,000 kg of lime. It's just about logistics here. However, the helicopter spreads 40 tons in about 1.5 hours on average. Of course we use a boat as much as possible, but it requires a drivable road all the way to the lake. I hope I explained well enough.
Made my day .. dánke