This post is an extension of the June 13th post on the drill demonstration:
Spray Center Electronics brought a 4 prop drone, the Typhoon Q500 4K, by Yuneec ElectricAviation, and videoed the demonstration. This is a 12:53 minute aerial view of the demonstration showing all 7 units doing their thing. < video of 2016 high residue drill demonstration>
The test area was WW from the 2015 crop that had ≈100bu stubble, but not grain. Approximately 300 feet of residue was left standing from a 32' Shelbourne Stripper Header. At Each end, ≈100ft of stubble was mowed cross ways to the header travel with a 26 foot Schultz mower. Between harvest, spraying and mowing, there were a lot of tracks that laid down the tall stubble. There was basically solid ground cover prior to any mowing. Conditions were tough for any drill regardless of disc or hoe.
The smoke is from a Case 4994 WT with an inexperienced operator not releasing the parking brake. There was fire dropping onto the residue that was quickly extinguished along with fire on the oil/dirt deposits around the brake. Unfortunate, but that is part of life at these events on occasion.
Below are five pics from the five drill types demonstrated taken 17 days after the event. All pics facing west from bldgs. None of the drills were tuned for barley or had fertilizer. One drill used a garb roll. The operators just made sure they had barley coming out the tubes. These pics were showing all level ground except the AgPro which was seeding on the hillside. That was an additional complication.
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| Horsch Anderson (all mowed area) |
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| CrossSlot Drill (both areas) |
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| JD 1890 (two pass in both areas) |
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| Case 400 w 2280 cart (both areas) |
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| AgPro with Bourgault point (both areas) |
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