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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2016.17.1.597

Implementation of Aerial Application System for Application Uniformity  

Jee, Sun-Ho (School of Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering, KOREATECH)
Jeon, Bu-Il (School of Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering, KOREATECH)
Cho, Hyun-Chan (School of Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering, KOREATECH)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.17, no.1, 2016 , pp. 597-604 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study was to prevent the decrease in crop output by disease and insect pests and excessive spraying of agricultural pesticides by application uniformity. A 3m height and 15km/h speed is difficult to maintain with an unmanned helicopter for aerial application, which has been affected by the controlling habits and methods or environmental factors, such as changes in the wind. Therefore, in this study, an aerial application system was design to be attached to an unmanned helicopter, which can allow a controlled application width and spray rate automatically and verified experimentally using Rmax of MS-AVIATION. The size of agricultural land was 50 m2 and nine water sensitive cards were arranged at 1.25m intervals in 5 rows with each row having a 10m interval from the position of 5m. The unmanned helicopter was flying at speeds ranging from 7.2km/h to 17.6km/h and heights ranging from 2.32m to 3.47m. The proposed aerial application system allowed application uniformity by making a valid spraying area of 7.5 m2 with 46423 particles distributed on average.
Keywords
Aerial application; Application uniformity; Control system; Crop dusting; Unmanned helicopter;
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