So what did you buy today

[jblnut]

Really interested in the drone. How many gallons will it hold? Link if bought on line?

It’ll hold 20gal of liquid or 180lbs in the dry spreader.

It is an EAVision J150. Do a YouTube search and watch a few videos. It’s an impressive piece of kit.

Aside from crashing into stuff, what's the expected lifespan of one of the flying sprayers? How well are the electronics protected from the chemicals it will be carrying? Motor shafts, bearings, screws....

It is supposed to be completely protected from the elements and can fly in rain and such. The props will push the spray and chem down so not a lot will get in the drone itself. I’ve been told that having a clean water tank on the tender rig is a must so you can spray the drone down if it gets dirty. When I asked why it’s important to keep it clean the response was “so it looks nice duh”. I guess other than the camera getting dirty it won’t really care if the rest of it is dirty.

Guy I purchased through said he has a few operators out there with 40,000 acres on a drone. A few parts have been replaced along the way of course but like anything if you keep maintaining it it’ll last forever. The average charge to spray is in that $11-18/acres so that 40,000 acre drone has generated 10 times the revenue that it cost to purchase.

Do you ride the drone???

It’ll carry 200lbs in “delivery mode” so my fatass won’t be able to. I could drop all three of my kids off at school though lol

Does your drone follow way points to spray? i have only used one of the first DJI white ones that my nephew got for a gift many years ago.

There are multiple ways it can spray. Completely manual is an option. Most will map field boundaries on a computer or the drone controller itself and the drone will stay inside those boundaries. You can also fly the spray drone or a different mapping drone first to visually see the boundary and set it to go off an AI created edge.

Most of the drones out there are spraying fungicide or insecticide or spreading cover crops where an exact boundary isn’t as important as spraying herbicide.

Just the cows

Really just one here. The rest are too jumpy. We’ve got a big fat white one that thinks he’s a dog that doesn’t mind a passenger lol.

 

[Seachaser]

It’ll hold 20gal of liquid or 180lbs in the dry spreader.

It is an EAVision J150. Do a YouTube search and watch a few videos. It’s an impressive piece of kit.


It is supposed to be completely protected from the elements and can fly in rain and such. The props will push the spray and chem down so not a lot will get in the drone itself. I’ve been told that having a clean water tank on the tender rig is a must so you can spray the drone down if it gets dirty. When I asked why it’s important to keep it clean the response was “so it looks nice duh”. I guess other than the camera getting dirty it won’t really care if the rest of it is dirty.

Guy I purchased through said he has a few operators out there with 40,000 acres on a drone. A few parts have been replaced along the way of course but like anything if you keep maintaining it it’ll last forever. The average charge to spray is in that $11-18/acres so that 40,000 acre drone has generated 10 times the revenue that it cost to purchase.


It’ll carry 200lbs in “delivery mode” so my fatass won’t be able to. I could drop all three of my kids off at school though lol


There are multiple ways it can spray. Completely manual is an option. Most will map field boundaries on a computer or the drone controller itself and the drone will stay inside those boundaries. You can also fly the spray drone or a different mapping drone first to visually see the boundary and set it to go off an AI created edge.

Most of the drones out there are spraying fungicide or insecticide or spreading cover crops where an exact boundary isn’t as important as spraying herbicide.


Really just one here. The rest are too jumpy. We’ve got a big fat white one that thinks he’s a dog that doesn’t mind a passenger lol.

Thanks! Let us know how the drone does in use.