And If you have 20 of them (or the amount for all day long work), you might not need the gasoline generator. Refuel just with simple ol' gravity and recharge all batteries at home/shop. And thus whole setup should be even more cheaper (I assume that batteries are cheaper than this massive generator, I might be wrong).

@@JanVokas generators can be super cheap, the farmers I know buy stuff at auction ( some do buy new stuff lol)

@@JanVokas you’re wrong that battery is probably 2k

@@terpsquirter7107 ok, good to know. Thnaks.

I too think that recharging them constantly is allot cheaper. Would it not be interesting to have bigger lead acid batteries and some solar panels as a power source? You could easely charge those overnight for a full day work and charge the drone's batteries from the power of the lead acids.

It's all great till DJI gets told by the CCP to disable all the drones because the US wants to defend Taiwan.

@@thedave7760 you have the option to keep all data locally saved.

....? I can't see anything magical, it's pretty basic programming.

This is how China is mining a TON of our infrastructure and agricultural data. Any product or software that is owned by an enemy of the state, and has any potential of gathering Intel for them, should be banned from coming into the US.

@@honumoorea873 well, all those calculations + able to visualize the routes and adding additional settings ... thats not just basic programming. This is the reason why people dont understand why software engineers are in different tax bracket

Like law enforcement? Why bother sending police officers to break up a protest when you can send a drone to spray protesters with skunk odour, taser them, flame thrower them, drop stun grenades or explosive variants. As you said, so many applications…

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@@MJBclassics Your welcome Sire.

So true

They don't make the equipment. It's made by dji.

@@IIIIII705 Ah, well I'm impressed with dji then.

@@GeneralChangFromDanang Yep, I too was quite surprised to learn DJI also make these big agricultural drones. Only thing is I was a bit concerned by the remote pairing procedure - I don't like the idea of being near those huge props holding down its power button just in case the motors fired up.

Microsoft has had Apple to copy from since 1984, and they've demonstrated very little learning ability.

I've unfortunately sprayed some of those fields, and yeah, a little drone or a guy with a backpack sprayer is about the only thing those stupid backyard fields need.

It insane. The future for drone base problem solving looks bright

The newest enterprise dji drone with that dock Is going to rock the industry. Especially the dock. It expands the capabilities of drones for professional and small business use so much.

You mean immigrant

No aerial applicators in your area?

Where do you think it is manufactured

@@dbp6111 I believe Japan or China. I used to know but forgot.

@@bryanhauschild4376 DJI Design and produce in China

look at the DJI Mavic drones , I have been a flyer for years . You can do it. Joel

I have a mavic air and a phantom 4 just cant find a place legal to practice locally. It is such a bummer. the regs are so strict. I love your business. I am an X commercial pilot.

It's just a money thing.

@Chad H. when i say thousands i mean money it takes to get a plane in the air

@Chad H. including chemicals and everything

Battery swaps would be a problem, that would be a complicated task and costly to automate without redesigning parts of the drone so the battery could be swapped from the bottom, and it would still be fairly difficult to implement. Loading the tank would be easy though, just have the port on bottom and make a pad to center the landing skids so the nozzle aligns with the port.

@@Skinflaps_Meatslapper It wouldn't be cheap but if you built the truck around the drone you could build a dock into the top of the truck where the battery gets swapped and water filled automatically. Not sure its any better than just having a dude do it though considering you're always going to have to have at least one guy drive the truck and monitor the drone.

@@Jonj57 Well think about how you'd get the battery out and a new one in...it's accessed from the top and has a latch that needs to be undone as well. You'd need an arm that extends out with an apparatus that both grabs the battery and unlatches it, then pulls it out and drops it in a charger, then grabs another battery and pops it in. It sounds simple but practically speaking would require some automation approaching the level of a 4 axis CNC or assembly line robotic arm. By the time you get the bugs worked out, you're probably out enough money to buy another drone. Now, if the battery could be accessed and removed from the underside of the drone, that would greatly simplify things, as all you'd likely need is a carousel arrangement for the battery packs. I could see a fully autonomous loading operation being very useful though, even if it doesn't save a whole lot of time (or any, really) with a single drone. It would start becoming useful with say half a dozen drones or more on a large flatbed trailer, where they all could theoretically be managed and monitored by a single operator sitting in front of a screen for each drone, checking status and operation on the entire fleet (swarm?) both on displays and when they come in for another load. Rather than having six pilots/loaders for a single field, you'd have one guy, making it more profitable for a sole owner/proprietor. The name of the game is to rack up as many acres as possible when you're in aerial application, and if you're stuck only being able to cover one or two drones by yourself, you're not going to be making a whole lot of money.

@@Skinflaps_Meatslapper sorry i forgot to mention it would require a sidle loaded battery. Then when it lands it would be easy to have an electric arm push the old battery put and push a new battery in

@@Jonj57 Yeah...from the side or the bottom would be far easier to do than from up top. A lot less potential for rotor strikes as well.

Roughly $50k at a minimum, plus many months of time for passing exams and waiting for FAA regulators. ~$30k for drone, charger, batteries, spare parts. $10k for modest trailer setup. $6k for insurance. $4k for legal, generator, misc. These are minimums, and assumes you already have the vehicle to pull the trailer. Don't forget marketing costs-- ads, trade shows etc-- anywhere from $2-$20k depending on how aggressive you want to be. And, you have to hire a Visual Observer for every job, at $15-30/hour.

Its water just for the demonstration.

Possibly but I doubt it. It would probably end up losing time due to having to spend time sliding between paths

It's already super inefficient. There aren't many products that's are sprayed at such a low rate of 2 g per acre. Even at that low rate, the drone can only spray 4 acres. LOL. Farms big enough to invest in a $15k+ drone (plus ancillary equipment required for it), won't have any use for a drone that needs to constantly refill. Most products will only get around 1-2 acres done per flight. You have 1000 acres, and you'll be there for weeks spraying that. You'll never be able to charge batteries fast enough. You'll need a dozen of the $1.1k batteries

@@littlejackalo5326 You missed the part were he mentioned multiple drones, And if you think this very first version is as good as it gets you might be a lot more naïve than you initially thought,

Complete noob here... what are the other alternatives you are talking about?

@@shrekpower autonomous trucks? Google it, will blow your mind. Noob ;)

@@shrekpower any tractor would be faster and wouldn't need a trained drone operator. They are also autonomous, and don't need to be charged every 10 minutes

Aircraft have no problem applying product to fields with varying terrain and elevation. Drones are good for tiny fields with trees or obstacles on all sides that planes and helis can't safely navigate.

The design is simple just a small robot arm with a grapple for the battery and a fill nozzle. The difficult thing is to develop an interface to control it and a camera system for the robot to make it able to work.

@@jonasstahl9826 I guess there is no need to develop robot arm. System based on Quick-disconnect couples and pumps will be enough.

I love DJI

​@@Pabloperes675 It concerns me that the Chinese control the source code.

The T30 will maintain AGL based on variable grounds height. And no, DJI is the only company that makes the T line of drones. I have seen other companies that make similar products, however they are not nearly as unified or easy to use.