Analysis on the development trend of plant protection drones in China

Analysis on the development trend of plant protection drones in China

I. Plant protection drone industry development status

Before analyzing the technical route for the development of plant protection drones, it is necessary to clarify its position in the entire drone field. The entire drone market is divided into three categories, and the market for plant protection drones is the middle market.

(1) Market: namely the large unmanned aerial vehicle and general aviation market. Its driving force is the national strength and large-scale institutions, and the corresponding talent reserves are also abundant. The education systems and knowledge systems of universities, research institutes and aerospace institutions in various countries are based on this market and are relatively mature.

(2) The low-end market: the aircraft model market. Its driving force is the vast majority of RC airplane drone enthusiasts, and high-level enthusiasts can often assemble and customize the RC airplane drone. Many of the existing demonstration pesticide spray aircraft are from the modified model aircraft drones.

(3) Intermediate market: the engineering drone market. Its driving force is mainly professional companies, its scale is much smaller than that of large institutions, but its professional level is higher than that of model airplane enthusiasts.

Generally speaking, a professional engineering drone company needs to have the following professionals: chief designer of drone, mechanical designer of drone, electronic system designer, power system designer, spray system designer, flight system maintenance. Pilot, flight control system designer, flight system debugger, ground station system designer, flight system assembler. Only with a complete professional technology chain and the above-mentioned combination of professional and technical personnel, it is possible to make engineering drones to meet the needs of real work.

Second, the development trend of China's plant protection drones

The future development trend of domestic plant protection drones is mainly reflected in five aspects:

(1) Operation, the plant protection drone is complicated to operate, especially for unmanned helicopters, and the ability to operate the operator is higher. With the continuous development of plant protection drone technology, the plant protection drone operation will be more simple and convenient for users to get started.

(2) Load, the current plant protection drone load is maintained at 5kg-20kg, the load is too small to make the operation more complicated, I believe that the future plant protection drone load will be larger and larger.

(3) Price. The price is one of the factors that hinder the spread of plant protection drones. The price of domestic plant protection drones is uneven, but at least it is between 50,000 and 200,000. With the continuous development of technology, the cost of plant protection drones will drop and prices will become lower and lower. Secondly, plant protection drone companies compete with each other and adopt the method of upgrading technology to control costs, thereby reducing the price and generating competitive advantage.

(4) Service, the current domestic supporting services for plant protection drones are lagging behind. With the continuous development of the plant protection drone industry, related maintenance services, insurance, etc. will be more complete and mature.

(5) Subsidies, more and more provinces in China began to introduce agricultural drones and realized modernization of agriculture. However, only Henan, Hunan and Fujian provinces have implemented subsidies for the purchase of agricultural drones. It is an unstoppable trend for agricultural drones to fly into farmland. I believe that relevant departments will formulate relevant policies to enable farmers to realize scientific farming and embark on the path of scientific prosperity.

(Original title: Analysis of the development status and prospects of the plant protection drone industry)