Pros And Cons Of Drone Flight Test

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.1 Result of Drone Flight Test – 1 In the very first test of our quadcopter as shown in figure 30 we did not mount the mounting plate for the battery and spraying system instead of that we used a temporary circular piece of a plastic for holding the battery. As you can see in the figure 30 we used a different landing gear in place of our current landing gear. Landing gears were made of hollow rectangular section which was bent at one end. It was fastened via nut in the bolts extended from the BLDC motors. But landing gear did not work properly. We flew first time quad copter without spraying system attached on it. For the first time it flew for just around 10 seconds, and then it crashed on the land. Battery was also displaced and it fell away …show more content…

While all farmers know the value of scouting their crops few actually have time to cover the acres on foot. It increases the yield. The precision application of pesticides, water, and fertilizers only where it is needed for specific crop increase the yield. Farmers can continuously observe crop health via imaging .Seeing the true health of your field in a color contrast allows you to see how much sunlight is being absorbed by the crop canopy. It can draw field borders for flight pattern. It reduces the overall pesticides spraying time also it sprays accurately. It reduces the stressed applied on farmer’s body due to heavy weight of bag pack sprayers. It solves the problem of spraying pesticides during the rainy season in the muddy soil manually. 4.3 Disadvantages of an Agricultural Quad copter It is very costly compared to other spraying machines used currently. It has very complicated wiring so it difficult to repair. Electronic components and propellers are not easily not available so it difficult to replace any part of the quad copter in case of any damage. Maintenance work is very difficult and also costly. Vary high level of operating skills are required to operate the quad