Multicopter · Crop protection
UniCo
Master of steep slopes
The copter for applying plant protection products and plant strengtheners on steep slopes.
On steep slopes and in tight spaces, manual work is hard. Products are difficult to apply evenly, and the risk of accidents for workers increases. UniCo flies over the plantings precisely and applies the products where they are needed.
Because UniCo does not depend on passable ground, it can fly shortly after rain, when vehicles can no longer drive on the slippery ground.
With a diameter of 2.8 m, UniCo stays below 3 m and is therefore suitable for operation under PDRA-S01.
Applications
Technical data
- Max. take-off mass (MTOM)
- 65 kg
- Payload
- 30 kg (30 l)
- Diameter incl. propellers
- 2.8 m
- Empty weight without batteries
- 18.0 kg
- Max. flight speed
- 5 m/s
- Operating temperature
- −15 to +40 °C
- Operations
- suitable for PDRA-S01
Source: UniCo Agriculture V2 datasheet, rev. 2026-01.
Equipment
- Flight Termination SystemManual trigger, 868 MHz (EU).
- Built for steep slopesApplication where tractors and manual work reach their limits.
- Use after rainNo passable ground needed.
- Automatic flight planningPlanned flights along the vine rows, see below.
- Autopilot and RTKCube Orange+, two u-blox F9P RTK GNSS receivers.
- Remote IDDronetag, Bluetooth.
- Under 3 m diameter2.8 m, suitable for PDRA-S01
Flight planning
Every mission is planned in advance on the computer and then flown automatically.
- Rows from the terrain modelThe vine rows are detected from a digital surface model (DSM), and the flight path follows the rows.
- Terrain followingThe waypoints are referenced to the terrain, so UniCo keeps its distance from the vines even on steep slopes.
- Spraying to planValves and pumps are switched in the flight plan at the start and end of each row, and the flow is controlled separately on the left and right.
- Only within the defined areaApplication takes place only within the planned area boundary.
- In-house planning softwareFlight planning is done with software developed in-house by soleon.
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