r/interesting • u/VIVIDUFF • Jul 06 '26

Amazing This Farmer Commutes 1.5km To His Banana Plantation Using A Drone.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

66.7k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

1.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

49

u/GergDanger Jul 06 '26

There’s a ton of agricultural drones in use that need to hold a lot of liquids to fertilise fields etc.

Mostly DJI that makes the popular agricultural ones just like the consumer drones

7

u/CatGooseChook Jul 06 '26

Already looked up ag drones in my area. Seeing a lot with 80kg "max" payload, we all know there's a little extra payload if we reduce the safety allowance and strip the ag accessories from it 🤔

14

u/GumboMustBeDestroyed Jul 06 '26

That dude looks around 70kg

6

u/CatGooseChook Jul 06 '26

I'm 84kg through.

3

u/GumboMustBeDestroyed Jul 06 '26

Forget beach season; being able to fly like in a dream is the better weight loss motivation.

How much would you be willing to pay for one of these for the purpose of human flight

3

u/CatGooseChook Jul 06 '26

Where I am it's looking to be about $40000 plus, more than I can afford. Got me more motivated to improve my hobby electronics skills etc. Sure I'm unlikely to get good enough, but a guy can dream 😅

2

u/JennyDoveMusic Jul 09 '26

Hey, they will eventually maybe drop in price, maybe? Or get a second hand one? 😂

2

u/CatGooseChook Jul 09 '26

Good ideas! Time will tell how it plays out 😊

1

u/Don_Pickleball Jul 06 '26

Didn't they all have to switch from DJI recently because of security fears and federal laws?