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More burning for anyone interested.

Thanks for the feedback everyone! Fire season will start to ramp up some in the next couple months, so more p-burn videos to come. In the meantime, I'll be posting videos unrelated to the drone, so check out the channel if you want to see some of the other stuff we do...

It's been a lot of fun sharing--thanks for everyone's support!

Newest video, as promised!

New video on Friday.

Of course. A prescribed burn is a carefully planned burn with very specific weather/ground conditions and precautions, and they serve a number of purposes. For one, it reduces an area's fuel load (fuel being grass, shrubs, downed trees, anything with biomass), which is especially important in...

It's kind of hard to make the focus on the spheres during an actual burn--your kind of in the zone and distracted with covering ground. However, I'll be making a video about this specifically for next weeks upload. Thanks for the feedback everyone.

Next video!

Sure thing. I'm always needing ideas for new videos. I'll add it to my list--could maybe have something posted in the next couple weeks.

Yes, very similar in size to a ping pong ball. I haven't noticed the spheres ever getting caught in the canopy. If this were to happen, I think it's so infrequent that you would probably never know. The spherical shape and size of the balls allows them to easily fall to forest floor.

It really is. The a full hopper weighs 7.5-10lbs, and it carries it around with ease. Max wind I've flown in is about 15mph, and I felt very comfortable with its performance in that environment.

The antifreeze is the catalyst that creates the combustion reaction. The plastic ignition spheres are about half full with potassium permanganate, and injected with the antifreeze just before being released (about 0.6mL per injection). Somewhere around 15-30 seconds later, once the sphere is on...

Thanks! Yea, I think we dropped roughly 400-600 spheres on that unit. First day was ~315 acres. And I'm using my phone in selfie mode when I'm in the vehicle, so it records like a reflection in a mirror making it look like a leftie.

Thank you, and excited to be here! I'm thinking I'll have a new video posted tomorrow so stay tuned. Looking forward to being a part of this community.