Analysis of the development status, development problems and trends of the plant protection UAV industry

1. Overview of plant protection drones

    Plant protection UAV is an unmanned aircraft used for agricultural, forestry and plant protection operations. This type of unmanned aircraft is composed of three parts: a flight platform, a navigation flight control, and a spraying mechanism. Spray medicaments, seeds, powders, etc. At present, the plant protection drones sold in China are divided into two categories, oil animal plant protection drones and electric plant protection drones.

Classification and advantages and disadvantages of plant protection drones

index

Oil animal plant protection drone

Electric plant protection drone

advantage

1. Large load, 15-120L can be used

2. Long flight time and large operation range for a single sortie

3. Fuel is easy to obtain, using gasoline mixture as fuel

1. Environmental protection, no waste gas, no pollution to farmland

2. Easy to operate and maintain, generally within 7 days can operate freely

3. The price is low, generally around 100,000 to 180,000, with a high degree of popularity

4. The service life of the motor can reach tens of thousands of hours

shortcoming

1. As the fuel is mixed with gasoline and engine oil, incompletely burned waste oil will be sprayed on the crops, causing crop pollution

2. The price is high, high-power plant protection drones generally sell for 300 to 2 million

3. The overall maintenance is difficult, because the gasoline engine is used for power, the failure rate is higher than that of the motor

4. The engine wears a lot, with a life span of 300-500 hours

1. The load is small, the load range is 5-15L

2. The flight time is short, the operation time of a single sortie is generally 4-10 minutes, and the operation area is 10-20 acres per sortie.

3. Lithium battery is used as the power source, and generators are required for field operations to charge the battery in time

 my country‘s engineering-type plant protection unmanned helicopter has been promoted and tried nationwide in the past two years. With the development of civilian drones, plant protection drones have also begun to "fly" into the homes of ordinary people. With the expansion of the scale of land transfer, my country‘s plant protection drone industry has a potential market of nearly 100 billion yuan.

Development history of my country‘s plant protection drone industry

  Second, the status quo of plant protection drones

    As a major agricultural country, China‘s plant protection drones can be operated remotely and remotely, avoiding the danger of spraying workers from being exposed to pesticides and ensuring the safety of spraying operations. In 2020, the number of plant protection drones in my country is expected to reach 110,000, and the operating area will exceed 1 billion mu. As the operating area exceeds 100 million acres, the plant protection drone has also developed from an early experimental product to a common agricultural production machine.

2014-2020 my country‘s plant protection drone ownership and operation volume

   The professional issues of my country‘s plant protection UAV practitioners require industry associations, equipment manufacturers, pesticide manufacturers, and related operating companies to jointly carry out empowerment training. In 2020, the age structure of plant protection drone training users is mainly distributed between 25-35 years old and 36-45 years old, accounting for 39.69% and 28.11% respectively; other ages account for a relatively small proportion.

Age structure of plant protection drone training users in 2020

  3. Problems and trends of plant protection drones

    Although the development prospects of domestic plant protection drones are considerable, the current development still faces many obstacles. Although there are constant opportunities for plant protection drones in 2021, they also have a good foundation for an outbreak, but there are still some problems that have always existed. If these problems cannot be effectively solved, the development of plant protection drones in 2021 will still be restricted.

The development of domestic plant protection drones

With the new market demand triggered by large-scale planting, the plant protection drone market has gradually improved. The large market demand has also led to the upgrading of the industry. The plant protection drone market has gradually developed from the initial dedicated operation to the "dumb machine". More and more intelligent and humane.

Development trend of domestic plant protection drones