Preflight and Flight Instructions on the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Agricultural Applications
Sri Charan Kakarla,
Leon de Morais Nunes,
Yiannis Ampatzidis
Affiliations
Sri Charan Kakarla
University of Florida
Leon de Morais Nunes
University of Florida
Yiannis Ampatzidis
Agricultural and Biological Engineering department, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 2685 FL-29, Immokalee, 34142 Florida, USA, email: [email protected]
This 5-page document provides guidance on the appropriate use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for agricultural applications in Florida. It contains step-by-step instructions for preparing a UAV for flight, creating a mission path (using flight mission planning apps), and collecting UAV-based data. Written by Sri Charan Kakarla, Leon De Morais Nunes, and Yiannis Ampatzidis, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, November 2019.
