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Tractors may be defeated by the narrow rows and hilly terrain, but a drone can skim over the rows no problem. They also don’t tamp down on the earth like tractor tires, a problem that can starve roots of oxygen among other things. Once strictly a military machine, drones have been slowly moving into civilian life. Civil rights groups have raised concerns over possible invasions of privacy, especially in the context of law enforcement use, but the Napa Valley test flights, limited to private property, didn’t encounter opposition. Yamaha, which has used its RMAX drones for agriculture spraying in Japan for over 15 years, isn’t the only company interested in viticulture. A Canadian company, PrecisionHawk, has modified a drone to resemble a hawk, initially using it to scare away grape-eating birds from vineyards in the Niagara wine region. They later realized they also could collect useful data on things like insect populations and diseased vines during the flights. The RMAX is 9 feet long, weighs 220 pounds and runs on a two-cylinder engine.

It’s navigated by a radio controller much like a large-scale hobby helicopter and has an on-board GPS system to assist in flight accuracy. It even sports an attitude control system to compensate for wind and keep the aircraft stable. The RMAX also is fitted with two tanks and three spray nozzles for applying pesticides and nutrients. Economically, the RMAX compares well with trying to get a tractor up hills or resorting to workers carrying backpack sprayers. Drones also could make it easier to deal with problems affecting only a portion of a vineyard, says Markofski. When a problem is detected, it would be easier and faster to deploy a drone to spot treat the problem areas instead of having to treat the entire vineyard with a tractor, he says. The RMAX also goes about 10 times faster than a tractor, even though it’s flying quite slowly at 12 mph while spraying. But before the concept of vineyard drones takes off, grape growers will have to be won over. “It’s going to take time,” Markofski acknowledges.

Daniel Bosch, viticulture manager at Robert Mondavi Winery, where some of the Yamaha-UC David aeronautical research was carried out, is interested in the potential of drones, though he’s far from swept off his feet.pofoko backpack Using the drone to fly along vineyard rows to get an idea of different levels of ripeness didn’t save that much time since it took a while to watch the videos, he said. smiggle backpack saleUsing the drone to go up in the air and take a panoramic shot worked better. shindaiwa backpack blower for saleOn the other hand, there’s potential to use drones to map vineyard temperatures more accurately than airplanes, since it can fly close to the vine canopy.nixon landlock backpack price

The most interesting use to Bosch would be if the entire process could be automated, such as drones programmed to fly, complete a task, then return with the information.backpack tumi ducati Markofski doesn’t expect drones to replace tractors, but he thinks they will prove to be the better choice in certain situations.pct backpack volumeThe Zapata Flyboard: Aquaman meets Iron ManWe don't think Franky Zapata knows what's about to hit him. ful upload backpackThe French jet ski champion has just put together an absolutely insane leisure product, released a short video about it - and then took off on honeymoon, where presumably he's having about the least romantic getaway of his life as his phone and email inbox go absolutely bananas. And here it is: the Zapata Flyboard.

This ingenious and deceptively simple device bolts on to the powerful motor of a jet ski, then routes the resulting water jet through a long hose that connects to a pair of jet boots and hand-held stabilizers. The arrangement lets you fly, Iron Man style, up to 9 meters in the air - or leap headfirst through the waves like a human dolphin. You can buy it for under 5000 Euro (US$6700). That is, once Franky digs his way out from under the avalanche of orders he's going to come home to.Details are fairly scant at the moment, as I can't distil too much from the video with my high-school French, but here's what we know. The Flyboard is a bolt-on attachment that connects to a jet ski. You attach a tube to the main jet exit, which is then routed up the side of the vehicle. From this tube comes a thick, flexible 9-metre hose that connects to the jet boots - and the hand controls come out of the jet boot platform.If you've got a friend handy, you can use the base, €4900 (US$6570) model, which gives control of the throttle to the jet ski operator.