Guides
Practical notes on choosing, running and selling agricultural drones.
Agricultural drone batteries: cycles, charging, generators and how many you need
How many battery sets a spray drone team needs, how to size a generator, what the cycle life numbers mean, and how to store and ship lithium packs safely.
Agricultural drone spare parts list: what a dealer should stock for the first season
A three-tier spare parts list for spray drone dealers: wear items, medium-turnover parts and critical parts, with a stock example and a cash estimate method.
Centrifugal vs pressure nozzles on spray drones: which droplet size for which job
How centrifugal and pressure nozzles differ on a spray drone, what droplet size does to coverage and drift, and which setup fits orchards or open fields.
Starting a drone facade cleaning business: equipment, pricing and safety
How to start a drone facade cleaning business: equipment, a pricing framework, a job cost model, safety, insurance and local rules, with worked examples.
Drone seeding: rice, cover crops and pasture — rates and setup
How to seed rice, cover crops and pasture with a spreader drone: seed rates from public sources, a calibration test, loads per hectare and limits.
Drone spraying vs ground sprayers and knapsack spraying: cost, speed and coverage
Compare spray drones with knapsack sprayers and tractor boom sprayers: speed, water use, labour, cost and the fields where each one wins.
Heavy-lift cargo drones: mountain farms, construction sites and rescue supply runs
Where a 100 kg cargo drone makes sense: mountain farms, construction sites and rescue supply runs. Payload and range trade-offs and a cost comparison method.
How to choose an agricultural spraying drone: a buyer checklist
A 12-point checklist for buying a spray drone: tank size, nozzles, batteries, power, training and after-sales support, with a worked example for dealers.
Solar panel cleaning drones: cost, water use and when they pay off
How a solar panel cleaning drone works, what affects cost and water use, and a simple payback formula for plant owners and cleaning companies.
Spray drone license requirements: what operators need in most countries
Which authority covers what when you fly a spray drone: aviation, pesticide, import. Six questions to answer before you start, with official links.
Spray drone field setup: trailer, generator, water tank and battery rotation
Plan a spray drone work site: pickup, trailer or truck, generator size, water for mixing and rinsing, battery rotation and a safety checklist.
20, 40, 50 or 70 litres? Choosing the right spray drone tank size
Choose a spray drone tank size by field size, spray rate and battery logistics. Hectares per tank, refills per hour and a comparison of 10 to 92 litre drones.
Starting an agricultural drone dealership: stock, service center and margins
How to open an agricultural drone dealership: what stock to hold, how to set up a service center, where margins come from and what to ask a manufacturer.
Agricultural drone business plan: startup budget, fleet and break-even example
A plain business plan template for a drone spraying company: fleet size, startup budget, running costs and a break-even example you can change to your numbers.
Agricultural drone manufacturers in China: how to compare suppliers
How to compare Chinese agricultural drone suppliers: four supplier types, a checklist for documents, samples and spare parts, and a scoring example.
How many acres can a spray drone cover in a day? Real numbers by tank size
Estimate acres and hectares per hour and per day for spray drones by swath, with a simple formula, a worked example and the factors that cut output.
Importing agricultural drones from China: shipping, batteries and customs
Plan an import of spray drones from China: lithium battery rules (UN3480/UN3481), air or sea freight, customs documents and what to do when the drones arrive.
Agricultural drone price in 2026: what a 10–100 L spray drone really costs
What a spray drone costs in 2026: public price ranges, what the package includes, and the extra costs that change your total. For buyers and dealers.
Drone spraying cost per acre and per hectare: price list and how to set your rate
Reference rates for drone spraying per acre and per hectare, plus a simple formula to set your own price from costs and margin. With a worked example.