The Design Of UTMAS-1 Spraying Mechanism For Micro Light

Abstract

CGS Hawk-1 microlight has been identified as a suitable light atrcraft for aenal spraying in Malaysta due to its easily operable, relattvely cheap overhead and mamtenance costs. A spraying mechanism UTMA-1 was designed to sun the configuration of the mtcrolight. This mechanisim has the special feature of operation just by using the energy from the airflow around the microlight body and thus it does not need any electrical equipment such as battery and pump. The performance of the spraying mechantsm was determined through laboratory testings. The choice for suitable microlight for aerial spraying, the design of the spraying mechanism and the results of the laboratory testings on the spraying mechanism performance were presented and discussed in this paper.