Cropdusting: IdeasBank Memon

Reference 1444   Class: YELLOW

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Materials can be spread over a defined area from a tethered or free-moving vacuum balloon.

INDICATIONS

  • If the vacuum balloon is tethered, material to be spread can be pumped or carried up the tether, so the balloon needs only to support the weight of material in train.
  • A cropdusting balloon could be unmanned and controlled from the ground.
  • Delivery height, material spread pattern etc are finely variable and could be under control of a computer program.
  • Development of devices and control software is possible here, with new approaches open to patenting or trade-secreting.


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