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Spraying crops in Japan with an RC helicopter

YouTuber Talbrech has posted a video clip of an RC helicopter being used to spray crops in Japan:

We woke up this morning to the sound of an RC helicopter spraying what I assume is pesticide on the rice field outside our back window.

With so many farmers using small lots of land in Japan, crop dusting airplanes are out the question. Most small fields are sprayed with devices like these (knapsack sprayers), but I suppose that RC helicopters would come in handy for slightly larger fields.

[via Reddit]

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7 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - August 17, 2009 at 8:56 pm

Categories: Technology Tags: cool, gadgets, RC, RC helicopters, tech, Technology

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Comment by Rob A

2009-08-18 06:33:14

These honda R/C helis are pretty damned cool. Also, very expensive.

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Comment by Hien

2009-08-18 08:58:54

actually when i passed by a field like that. i actually saw one doing that. it was so cool

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Comment by EleMenTal

2009-08-18 09:30:04

Lol, looks like fun.

And I totally like footage of helicopters. Because of the frame rate the blades seem to rotate reeaaaaaaaally slow xD

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Comment by VonSkippy

2009-08-18 10:32:40

On full size helicopters, they have a big wide spray bar. How do they do it with the RC version?

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Comment by Iago

2009-08-18 11:09:06

Yamaha make these also, for agricultural use. In 2007, Yamaha were raided for alleged illegal export of these to China:

http://www.impactlab.com/2007/02/25/yamaha-in-hot-water-over-helicopter-sales-to-china/

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Comment by helical

2009-08-18 18:16:09

I was going to mention this, but you beat me to it.
Basically it’s a civilian developed version of UAVs, which are suddenly all the rage in cutting-edge military tech these days.

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Comment by Haf

2009-08-26 04:55:10

I’d say they are not as complex as your typical UAV.
Pretty cool though.

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