Listen " Aviator's Epic Drone Shift on 500K-Acre Florida Ranch | The DroneOn Show Episode 13 "
Episode Synopsis
In this episode of The DroneOn Show, Mike sits with James Harris of Southern Crop Services at a drone convention. A corporate pilot who soloed at 16, James swapped cockpits for drones, spraying 70,000 acres on a 500,000-acre Florida ranch, including a 34,000-acre pasture job in a month. Starting with their first Unimog rig that sparked viral buzz, he tackles rugged terrain and FAA training hurdles, sharing gritty lessons for ag drone grinders.
Chapters
(00:00:00) - Drone On The Air(00:00:26) - James Harris on Drones and Growing Businesses(00:01:16) - Drone Spray: 80,000 Acres(00:03:15) - How a Drone Pilot Helped With Landscaping(00:05:49) - Flying When You Were Younger(00:07:15) - Farmers Get into Drone Farming(00:11:03) - Drones on a Florida cattle ranch(00:13:49) - Working on a 500,000-acre ranch--(00:17:44) - Flying a drone on a crop dusting crew(00:19:32) - Do You Think Drones Will Be Obsolete on Farms?(00:23:15) - Do you think it's Too Late to Get into Drone App Business(00:24:30) - How many drones do you have in your fleet?(00:25:32) - How to Build an Obstacle(00:28:46) - Flying Unmanned Drone(00:29:11) - Do drones help with aquatics?(00:32:28) - How to Get Your Drone Pilot License(00:36:01) - Flying a Drone With a CFI(00:38:37) - Drone spraying on corn(00:40:53) - Do drones shrink the crop spraying business?(00:44:21) - How to grow a crop(00:45:33) - Diesel Generator(00:47:35) - PODCAST: How to Win an MMA Match
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