Crop dusting is big business, and good money. However a used low time crop duster say 2000 tt, will set you back about 600 to 700k, don't even consider new.
A drone however will set you back 20k, but the drone is very limited and coverage verses time. But lets not have one drone, but fiver or six all dusting say a 1000 acre field or orchard. You now have a 100k plus investment competing with crop dusters that have a much greater investment (oh and can't find enough pilots) and are high maintenance aircraft.
The dusting would be antonymous so launching five or six drones minutes apart could speed up the dusting. Also make each flight done on one battery with RTH function activated on each. As the first drone returns the tank is refilled and batteries changed and set on its way for the sixth or seventh section, and so on.
I know their must be many holes in my idea but I believe it is a workable one. I know a 100k plus investment is a lot, but the return could be tremendous for a young person wanting to make money just flying drones.
Some of the best money I ever made was crop dusting, 50k a year in the early 70s, that is like 250 to 300k today so just imagine what could be charged for that service today.
Just a note, I don't recommend any pilots get into crop dusting with fixed wing or helos, it is dangerous, most don't have long life spans, and many have died from chemical poisoning.
So let me know what is wrong with my idea.
A drone however will set you back 20k, but the drone is very limited and coverage verses time. But lets not have one drone, but fiver or six all dusting say a 1000 acre field or orchard. You now have a 100k plus investment competing with crop dusters that have a much greater investment (oh and can't find enough pilots) and are high maintenance aircraft.
The dusting would be antonymous so launching five or six drones minutes apart could speed up the dusting. Also make each flight done on one battery with RTH function activated on each. As the first drone returns the tank is refilled and batteries changed and set on its way for the sixth or seventh section, and so on.
I know their must be many holes in my idea but I believe it is a workable one. I know a 100k plus investment is a lot, but the return could be tremendous for a young person wanting to make money just flying drones.
Some of the best money I ever made was crop dusting, 50k a year in the early 70s, that is like 250 to 300k today so just imagine what could be charged for that service today.
Just a note, I don't recommend any pilots get into crop dusting with fixed wing or helos, it is dangerous, most don't have long life spans, and many have died from chemical poisoning.
So let me know what is wrong with my idea.