Buying a agricultural uav spraying can be quite expensive, costing $15,000(DJI announces $15,000 agricultural drone) or more. if you are not have enough budget, DIY is the best way for you, we have found that it is possible to build your own sprayer and plant-protection drone in the $5,000-to-$7,000 range. Free software is available, that has advanced to the point that height and position can be held to exact levels with a good range finder. Sprayer kits are also available from manufacturers. An example of a sprayer drone we built for under $5,000 is shown in Figure 1.
This drone carries 4 gallon of liquid, has a 10-15minute flight time, is easy to fly and was constructed from the following components:
1. One drone frame(include drone frame+16L tank+spray systerm price $1,280.00)
Specs
2.One 12S 22000mah smart battery price is $450
3.Flight controller (flight controller, GPS, power module, radio link, $200 to $250)
4. six X8 motor ESC integrated power set with 3090 folding propeller price is $350/set
5. remot controller: $300
Software for the drone is free from dronefromchina.com and includes built-in sprayer functions.
More parts you will find on https://www.droneassemble.com
Intelligent Agriculture is the trend of all over the world. And the intelligent drone act as a important role in this world plan.
Agriculture spraying drone can replace the traditional pesticide sprayer and it's speed is 40times of the traditional sprayer. It will save 90% water and 30%-40% pesticide. Small droplet diameter make the pesticide more well-distribute and improve the effect. At the same time, it will make the people faraway from the pesticide and reduce the pesticide remain of the crop.
Contact: Fly Dragon Drone Tech.
Email: frank at dronefromchina.com
Add: NO. 9 Dayu Road PiDu distric, ChengDu 611730, China