holy.. DJI's new MG-1 drone released, for agricultural application

[Aeoutsider]

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I've always been watching for things DJI's doing, never found them doing something apart from application of imaging, today I got news from one of my friend telling that they released a new drone for agricultural application.
I gotta take a look and.. 8 axis, foldable, and seems some new ventilation system applied for the motor, and able to scan the geographical status and auto-pilot or sth.
Of cauz just take a look at it, for sure it's gonna be expensive, and seems only available in China, didn't found an English page yet

Link: 大疆创新官网 | DJI - 全球无人机控制与航拍影像系统先驱

 

[Canuck32]

Ag sprayer, not sure it could be for anything of any commercial size area but more of spot sprayer

 

[RockLobster]

Thanks for the post, very interesting and shows the future of UAVs, which is a good thing.

 

[RockLobster]

...also good for spraying Agent Orange!

 

[JayBurd]

DJI's MG-1 drone is water-resistant, dustproof.. and made for farming

Carries 10kg load which is 22 lb.

 

[damoncooper]

Hope it doesn't fall into the wrong hands....

 

[JayBurd]

Sure 22lb is a lot. This ag drone could potentially see other uses.

 

[lake_flyer]

My guess is that this will be the new general DJI 8 motor frame based on the learnings from the Inspire1 and S1000 series. Inspiring it is.

 

[lake_flyer]

Hope it doesn't fall into the wrong hands....

+1
10Kg payload is suitable for a lot of bad ideas. And people being able to spray whatever they want, wherever they want, with an online purchased autonomous drone, is a spooky idea.

 

[Wormwood]

Yamaha has had the RMax out for years & their new nodel the Fazer is fuel injected version both are RC controlled. Starting price is around $120k. Were still waiting on entrance to the us market but they aready are approved by the FAA. So it's not new & you should have been spooked a long time ago.

Yamaha RMAX | The high performance unmanned helicopter designed for a wide range of industrial uses

 

[damoncooper]

Yamaha has had the RMax out for years & their new nodel the Fazer is fuel injected version both are RC controlled. Starting price is around $120k. Were still waiting on entrance to the us market but they aready are approved by the FAA. So it's not new & you should have been spooked a long time ago.

Yamaha RMAX | The high performance unmanned helicopter designed for a wide range of industrial uses

$15k and wider distro does put this within grasp of more folks.

 

[DronePilot]

22lbs just under 3 gallons

 

[Waldemar54]

It is a fantastic new configuration and just shows how much ahead DJI is of the rest of the pack. HOWEVER; Controlled availability may be a good idea!

 

[lake_flyer]

Yamaha has had the RMax out for years & their new nodel the Fazer is fuel injected version both are RC controlled. Starting price is around $120k. Were still waiting on entrance to the us market but they aready are approved by the FAA. So it's not new & you should have been spooked a long time ago.

Yamaha RMAX | The high performance unmanned helicopter designed for a wide range of industrial uses

Nice, never knew Yamaha was into copters. I mainly use their music equipment

$15k and wider distro does put this within grasp of more folks.

Exactly.

 

[JayBurd]

$15k and wider distro does put this within grasp of more folks.

@damoncooper are you saying this mg-1 is $15k? $ is US$? I did not see pricing listed anywhere for mg-1.

 

[damoncooper]

@damoncooper are you saying this mg-1 is $15k? $ is US$? I did not see pricing listed anywhere for mg-1.

Quoted by Wall Street Journal then repeated across dozens of press pieces.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/26/9805778/dji-agriculture-drone-agras-mg-1

 

[JayBurd]

Thanks. $15K sounds a bit too much though.

More info about this, sounds like the motors are water cooled?

DJI bets the farm on new MG-1 agricultural drone