glasshouse
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- lothians
Whats the best drone for farm use?
Drones
- Thread starter glasshouse
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- Location
- Connemara, Ireland
To better help people answer your question, what specifically does "for farm use" mean? What jobs do you think a drone would help you with?
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Have a Mavic 3 here and it's really useful, takes wonderful photos with plenty of detail. 20MP camera I think?
It has 7x zoom, so if I'm struggling for signal I can fly higher and zoom in on things
Found some water leaks I'd have had little chance of spotting from ground level, not very noisy in flight but you can unstick cattle from gullies etc with it, and being big-ish it's quite stable in a breeze.
I get about 40 minutes flying before it wants to return home for a fresh battery. This one is made obsolete by the Mavic 3 classic (single camera) and Mavic 3 pro (triple cameras) so saved about ⅓... my advice is get the kit with extra batteries, props, lens filters etc.
The controller hasn't got its own screen so I use my phone, thought that would be a PITA, but it isn't really.
It has 7x zoom, so if I'm struggling for signal I can fly higher and zoom in on things
Found some water leaks I'd have had little chance of spotting from ground level, not very noisy in flight but you can unstick cattle from gullies etc with it, and being big-ish it's quite stable in a breeze.
I get about 40 minutes flying before it wants to return home for a fresh battery. This one is made obsolete by the Mavic 3 classic (single camera) and Mavic 3 pro (triple cameras) so saved about ⅓... my advice is get the kit with extra batteries, props, lens filters etc.
The controller hasn't got its own screen so I use my phone, thought that would be a PITA, but it isn't really.
- Location
- Hereford
Tenant in farmhouse lost their little dog yesterday, he is partially deaf so made their job finding him difficult, especially with the wheat growing. Got a friend in with a drone and found him straight away .
Not particularly a farm job but very useful
- Location
- Somerset UK
I can only get my mavic 2 to work with an apple iphone, aparently its possible to get it to work with android but I can't , what phone do you use with it?
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
That's strange.... we have Samsung phones and they seem to run the DJI Fly app really well.
Our lad has an A05S Samsung and I have used my S23 and S24 to run it, no worries . Just scanned the QR inside the lid of the box and followed the steps
Anything DJI is good, used by the Ukraine army too...
even their smallest that use your phone as the screen is very good. Cracking images.
It just irks that you are probably feeding the Chinese government free/live information, but I guess mob phones are doing that anyway.
Ideal for checking the homestead when feeling lazy
even their smallest that use your phone as the screen is very good. Cracking images.
It just irks that you are probably feeding the Chinese government free/live information, but I guess mob phones are doing that anyway.
Ideal for checking the homestead when feeling lazy
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
Usual stuff, spying on neighbours, looking for topless sunbathers etc
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- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
I often feel lazy, we have 25km² of rocks and bumps.Anything DJI is good, used by the Ukraine army too...
even their smallest that use your phone as the screen is very good. Cracking images.
It just irks that you are probably feeding the Chinese government free/live information, but I guess mob phones are doing that anyway.
Ideal for checking the homestead when feeling lazy
Can fly over all the troughs faster than it would take to drive to one, in a pickup. So that happens a lot
Exfarmer
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- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
They can be good fun, but be careful flying near trees as you cannot always be sure if you are flying forwards or backwards 
- Location
- Connemara, Ireland
Found all sorts with mine, ewes caught in fences, maggots in sheep, trespassers
Mine is a Mavic 2 Zoom, works with my old android phone no problem, but has stopped working with my tablet which had a much larger screen
They can be good fun, but be careful flying near trees as you cannot always be sure if you are flying forwards or backwards
Don't drink & fly
Wires are the worst, have had a couple of close calls.
- Location
- Yorkshire coast
Brother in law has a drone that can be flown with a headset and hand controller. It's fantastic for finding drains in barley, and in wheat in a very wet year. Takes a bit of getting used to as fields look very different from above but it's a forgiving machine to use, looks after itself and comes straight back when you press the home button.
- Location
- Hereford
Can you put up the details of it .
I quite fancy getting one .
- Location
- Yorkshire coast
I'll ask him and let you know.
DJI mini here.
Used for trenching plans, land drains etc. Roof surveys etc
Sub 250g so no paperwork needed. Good but doesn’t like the wind.
If you want a more robust unit go bigger.
Used for trenching plans, land drains etc. Roof surveys etc
Sub 250g so no paperwork needed. Good but doesn’t like the wind.
If you want a more robust unit go bigger.
- Location
- Yorkshire coast
He says it's this one if the link works
It's pretty tough, he's crashed it a few times. Just puts some new propellers on and off it goes again.
Our cows weren't bothered by it but moor ewes run when they start to hear it from a field away..
Exfarmer
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- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
None of them are happy falling in water, trust me I know
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All the prior suggestions are useless.
What you need is:
What you need is:
- Location
- Yorkshire coast
That would keep crows and pigeons away!All the prior suggestions are useless.
What you need is:
I when for a DJI Mini3 Pro. Sub 250g was the big selling point, 48MP camera takes amazing pictures. Flys for about 25mins comfortably.
Being sub-250g saves a lot of rigmarole getting and keeping licensed to fly, but it depends how concerned you are about flying legally.
Being sub-250g saves a lot of rigmarole getting and keeping licensed to fly, but it depends how concerned you are about flying legally.