PrecisionHawk - Model DJI Phantom Series - Agricultural Drone (UAV)
The DJI Phantom drone is the more affordable “cousin” of the DJI Matrice 200. It offers the same nimble flight dynamics, as well as obstacle avoidance features, at a lower price point. Still, the drone carries a high-quality visual or multispectral camera, ideal for capturing crops and processing vegetative indices (such as NDVI or VARI), counting crops, and identifying water pooling.
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Using drones, also called unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), farmers can capture data over their entire farm, all from the comfort of a single (ideally, shady) take-off zone. For farmers, agronomists, crop insurers, and researches, drones are more accessible than ever before, with more models offering longer flight times, greater payload capacities, and the ability to fly in varying conditions. Farming operations of all sizes are using drones to reduce the time and costs associated with crop data collection.
Selecting an Agricultural Drone (UAV)
There’s no such thing as the “perfect agricultural mapping drone” for all applications. Selecting the right drone for use in agriculture starts with considering the particular use case.
Are you wanting to map small fields or hundreds of acres of crops?
Will you fly tight, craggy ranching terrain or wide, flat swaths of Iowa corn?
Answers to all of these questions will give you a clue as to which drone to select for mapping your farm. For example, if you’re seeking to fly vast farm fields or pastures, you might require the flight efficiency and range offered by a fixed-wing drone. Contrastingly, if the area you need to fly is small, difficult to navigate, or exposed to harsh elements, you’ll be better off flying a multirotor drone, as you’ll benefit from its nimble and versatile flight factor.
While one can get lost in the technical specifications of drone technology, agriculture professionals should pay the closest attention to:
With this criteria in mind, we’ve assembled a portfolio of drones for agricultural applications. Each of these UAVs comes with flight software, which enables simple aerial photography. And for mapping and analytics, such as for use with PrecisionAnalytics Agriculture, the drones in our portfolio are compatible with a range of commercial drone flight software.
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