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Provo, UT
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Looking to get into quad/hex/octo copters for use in aerial photography eventually, want to start out with a small ish arducopter.
Hometown:
Southern Alberta, Canada
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"I agree Colin, I'll take a look at the stuff you link to.
I farm 3000 acres in Canada and we don't really see how a drone could benefit our operation at all at this stage. I'm wanting to get a little phantom for pictures and videos and the…"
I farm 3000 acres in Canada and we don't really see how a drone could benefit our operation at all at this stage. I'm wanting to get a little phantom for pictures and videos and the…"
"Hey Matt, we have a 7920 and are interested in a kit for sure. Let me know what kind of price range it will be in when you figure that out and we'll go from there. Very interested in your work! Keep it up!"
"This is amazing!! My brother and I are thinking maybe a grain cart could fit in our operation if we didn't need to hire a 4th guy to run it.. hmmm..... Keep up the inspiring work!"
"This is fantastic! I farm over in Alberta, but sometimes drive through Manitoba, maybe I'll have to come see your project! We have 2 combines but no grain cart yet, but cultivating and general fieldwork would probably be a good use for this as…"
"Great job on the retracts! I have been looking for an example of someone doing this, as the commercially available ones for the S800 or others are ridiculously overpriced! Now all I need to do is order a 3d printer!! :)
Thanks for posting!
-Eric"
Thanks for posting!
-Eric"
"Looks nice!! This space definitely needs some more good options! Will be watching this closely! Does it have "follow mode" for handheld (or single operator copter) yet or is that probably still in the pipeline?
Keep up the good work!"
Keep up the good work!"
"Usage/Application in Ag: RTK with a fixed base station that never moves gives you both accuracy and precision.
Precision=no drift, so when I set my tractor to drive on 120 foot centers while spraying expensive chemicals, it will always have the…"
Precision=no drift, so when I set my tractor to drive on 120 foot centers while spraying expensive chemicals, it will always have the…"
"LanMark, you are exactly right, this is VERY exciting for Ag. Last time we priced out RTK for our tractor fleet the John Deere dealer wanted $18,000 to set up a base station on our farm, and around $10,000 per tractor to set them up with the RTK…"
"so this is position control using a downward facing camera right? The floor looks pretty non-textured too! (Or does the system require those tape marks on the carpet?) Is there a specific height above which the system doesn't work? Looking good!"
"Keeyan Pang, any links to some stitched images you have created of large areas? Also, what are people using to stitch images together. Don't really wanna spend the money on an expensive package right away... What are the options out there? I…"
"Keeyan Pang,
That is awesome that you have done some flights covering large areas. I was worried about how long it would take to map the whole farm, but that is definitely my first application I think, just getting some aerial images of each field…"
That is awesome that you have done some flights covering large areas. I was worried about how long it would take to map the whole farm, but that is definitely my first application I think, just getting some aerial images of each field…"
"Tim, I totally agree with your assessment of the uses in drones. Another I could see would just be simple historical record keeping. I would get some use out of having one aerial map of each field on the same date (middle of the growing season)…"
"As for drones replacing sprayers of any kind (ground or air) that is not likely to happen any time soon. As someone below posted, a plane probably holds at least 500 gallons (4000+lbs) of liquid, my ground sprayer holds 1350 Imperial Gallons…"
"LanMark-friend request accepted. Good to know about the MaxMax cameras, will definitely look into that once we get a platform for taking pictures that we are satisfied with.
We are gradually dipping our toes in Precision Ag. We have had full GPS…"
We are gradually dipping our toes in Precision Ag. We have had full GPS…"
"LanMark,
I'm new to the UAV scene but am currently building a quad with APM and my brother is working on a plane with autopilot as well. We should have a decent setup for taking some images of our crops this year to start to get in on this.
We farm…"
I'm new to the UAV scene but am currently building a quad with APM and my brother is working on a plane with autopilot as well. We should have a decent setup for taking some images of our crops this year to start to get in on this.
We farm…"
"What program are you using to do the photo-stitching?"
