Drone for checking cattle??

[Bossfarmer]

does anyone currently do this? and from a distance? some grazing land is for let 15 miles away off someone i know, obviously thats a fair distance to go to check cattle i was curious as to whether you could control a drone from that distance if it was based in a shed there? anyone tried it?

 

[milkloss]

does anyone currently do this? and from a distance? some grazing land is for let 15 miles away off someone i know, obviously thats a fair distance to go to check cattle i was curious as to whether you could control a drone from that distance if it was based in a shed there? anyone tried it?

line of sight only are the rules nowadays I believe.

 

[B'o'B]

line of sight only are the rules nowadays I believe.

And not more the 500m away.

 

[Bossfarmer]

mabye a camera from the steading with zoom function then?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

15 miles?! Fudge that I wouldn’t trust a drone going 15 miles away...I don’t like mine going out of eyesight

 

[Shutesy]

does anyone currently do this? and from a distance? some grazing land is for let 15 miles away off someone i know, obviously thats a fair distance to go to check cattle i was curious as to whether you could control a drone from that distance if it was based in a shed there? anyone tried it?

It can't be out of your actual eyesight and I doubt very much the controls or camera signal would work 15 miles away.

 

[Y Fan Wen]

You need one of these and then you can check them yourself;
www.opener.aero

 

[Dman2]

Would struggle to fly a drone the last week or so

 

[Farmer Fin]

Mate does it and it works well for him. Cows are used to it and don’t bother with it.

 

[Andrew]

You must maintain eye contact with the drone, 15 miles no chance, a mile would be pushing it.
OK for checking stock, ours seem to think mine is a swarm of bees or something though, they get up and walk into the shed when they here it coming.

 

[Phil P]

You must maintain eye contact with the drone, 15 miles no chance, a mile would be pushing it.
OK for checking stock, ours seem to think mine is a swarm of bees or something though, they get up and walk into the shed when they here it coming.

To be honest I have flown mine to 1.7miles ?, it was over private property and not some I make a habit of doing (got to try these things though right?).
To be fair the signal strength for the controller hadn’t dropped at all though but the picture was lagging and starting to break up, so I’d say 2miles max if you dropped the fps or flew just gps.

 

[Hilly]

I’ve a 60 acre field 10 miles away , I did consider putting up a telegraph pole in the middle with a top quality calving camera on top , could put mineral and salt licks near to attract them in close keep an eye ? on them a lot of time ?

 

[Bossfarmer]

I’ve a 60 acre field 10 miles away , I did consider putting up a telegraph pole in the middle with a top quality calving camera on top , could put mineral and salt licks near to attract them in close keep an eye ? on them a lot of time ?

would the camera transmit the images from 10 miles away? and how would you power the camera?

 

[Highland Mule]

would the camera transmit the images from 10 miles away? and how would you power the camera?

If you have a decent 3G signal or better you can transmit the picture around the planet. Power it from a leisure battery topped up by solar panel/ small wind turbine?

Have a look at the wee mast near Bankfoot, next time you’re passing through the A9 roadworks - pretty sure that’s what it’s doing.

 

[Two Tone]

line of sight only are the rules nowadays I believe.

And not more the 500m away.

I have used my Parrot Bebop 2 to check our Deer herd. Illegal now though because of the line of sight and distance rules.

It is a shame we can't do it any more because the deer got very used to it and it was very easy to do.
In fact, I didn't even need to pilot the drone. You can set up a route on the Sky-controller from Google Earth and press go. It'll fly the route up to 2km away, you can see what it is filming live and it records it. Then it returns home automatically. I could take over at any point to look in more detail if needed.
The battery lasts for 25 minutes flying. Then I could swap batteries with the Sky-controller and do another 25 minute flight.

 

[Quetzal]

15 miles is a bit too far for a drone, I know 1 drone that can reach 4.3 miles which is the DJI Mavic Pro and its quite expensive.

 

[Highland Mule]

15 miles is a bit too far for a drone, I know 1 drone that can reach 4.3 miles which is the DJI Mavic Pro and its quite expensive.

Too far legally. I have a mate who has a Matrice that can go further, I’m told, and only cost ~£6k

 

[Hilly]

would the camera transmit the images from 10 miles away? and how would you power the camera?

Battery ? Internet ? I don’t know ?‍

 

[Quetzal]

Too far legally. I have a mate who has a Matrice that can go further, I’m told, and only cost ~£6k

Does it really exist? It would be great to know what brand it is since my friend is also looking for a drone with the farthest range.

 

[Highland Mule]

Does it really exist? It would be great to know what brand it is since my friend is also looking for a drone with the farthest range.

DJI Matrice (he has a few, not sure which is best - maybe the M600?). 30+minutes flight and a decent payload.