General FAQ
What products & services do you offer?
We exemplify a swiss army knife in the drone industry. We are dealers for DJI and XAG spray drones and DJI enterprise series drones. We sell Lane Trailer MFG drone trailers with the option for us to plumb it for turn key operation and we can include Isuzu Diesel generators. We are also starting to sell a surfactant product to add to drone and ground rig applications called Mach 5.
Our services include custom drone spraying and spreading applications, drone repair and maintenance. We additionally provide custom trailer plumbing services.
What makes your business unique compared to others in your industry?
Combining our family farm, custom drone application services, and our dealership, we have experience in all of the different dynamics that may come our way. We use our skills to provide guidance for our customers to have the best tool for their job.
What locations do you serve?
We perform our custom drone application services all across the state of Ohio, and we provide sales and support all across the United States.
What’s the best way to contact you?
We work with our potential customers through email, text, phone, and in person. We always recommend in person demos and consultation for the highest confidence levels going into and coming out of purchasing a drone.
What are some of the challenges your customers face when purchasing a drone?
We understand a spray drone is unfamiliar territory for many of our customers. From starting off with custom application services, we know from experience that it usually takes around 500 acres to become rather comfortable and more confident in how the machine runs and what it takes to operate more efficiently.
Drone FAQ
How many acres an hour can your drones spray?
The DJI AGRAS T-50 can spray up to 50 acres per hour, the XAG P100 Pro can spray up to 60 acres per hour and the XAG P150 can spray up to 75 acres per hour. These figures are all at 2 gallons per acre spraying, but the efficiency depends on the shape, size and terrain of fields as well as the amount of time the drone is on the ground.
How many gallons can the drones hold?
The DJI AGRAS T-50 has a 10.5 gallon (40L) spray tank, the XAG P100 Pro has a 13.2 gallon (50L) spray tank with an optional upgrade to 15.6 gallon (60L) and the XAG P150 has a 18.5 gallon spray tank (70L).
What is the lifespan of the drone and the batteries?
All of the drones are rated for 45,000 acres without replacement of many major parts (ie ESCs, motors, etc). A battery is rated for 1500 cycles. On our operation going from before sun up to after sun down, we see right around 250 cycles per battery per year. That means it will take us 5-8 years before we can meet that threshold.
How wide is the swath?
All of the drones’ swath capabilities are right around 33 feet, but we operate between 22 and 28 feet depending on environmental conditions for optimal coverage.
How long does a battery last on one charge?
The XAG drones carry 2 batteries while the DJI carries one. 2 XAG Batteries are roughly equivalent to the size of one DJI battery. It usually takes between 3 and 7 minutes to spray out the spray tank and/or need to swap batteries. A high capacity generator in-field is a must for continuous operation.
How much wind can it fly in?
For optimal spraying conditions, we aim for under 5 mph wind speed, but if required, we will spray fungicide in up to 10 mph winds with some adjustments to our boundaries and settings. The drones are capable of flying/remaining relatively stable in up to 25 mph winds but we advise against flying if you would not be out spraying in the present wind conditions.
How do I make my maps and start a spraying operation?
Maps can be made either on the drone controller or a device (ie phone or tablet). The maps are made over Google Earth imagery but you can fly a drone over the field to take imagery that can be stitched together for more accurate mapping. The drones will automatically formulate their own route lines based on the boundary established. The drones do not require much manual input once the settings are set up at the beginning of setting up the field. For spot spraying purposes, the drone can be manually flown and set to automatically spray.