RE:RE:RE:Outdoor trials. I had no idea about these drones being used for agriculture these days. Pretty amazing imo, I found this company that has a drone that can cover 6ha/h at 50x the speed of manual sprayers and half the cost of helicopters. Video on site says currently pilot testing on vineyards in Northern Europe and Germany. It would be great if GROW could partner with a company that makes a drone similar to this.
https://www.airboard.co/agriculture-drone/
Widwilly wrote: I had the same reaction when first told about the use of drones.... ..not practical Then I began to think about the size of drones used these days and how they are getting larger, more functional, cheaper and more techically advanced.
In SW Ontario we see helocopters with extended booms spraying large acreage agricultural fields on a semi-regular basis and that has to be cost effective or they wouldn't do it. Utilizing a larger drone with a significant tank capacity to spray a pre programmed specific grid with booms extended 10 or 15 ft per side of drone may be very achievable, effective and cost effective once implemented. With drones the ability to more accurately dispense the CO2 delivery one would think would be a real a benefit.
Thoughts while we wait for HC to further clarify specifically our CO2 for delivery on Mj in Canada ?