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I will pull up a chair and watch the fields near me get sprayed for an hour. It’s like a free air show. That said, in ten years this will probably be all dron
by jcims 6y ago
I will pull up a chair and watch the fields near me get sprayed for an hour. It’s like a free air show.
That said, in ten years this will probably be all drones. The ability to do precision dosing, safely fly a few feet above the target, lower noise, lower capital investment, no need for commercial pilot, little to no overspray, high automation potential, simultaneous high resolution monitoring, etc etc etc.
Big limitation now are the meager payloads and flight times. Drone delivery is going to open up the market for manufacturers to start pumping out drones that meet that demand and it’s going to be mothballs for the old guard in quite a few places.
Hopefully companies like Air Tractor get on board and adapt their product lines, they have way too much valuable experience.