Aiken Aerial Imaging

08/22/2026

The FCC is about to enact rules which will severely impact the drone industry, basically kill over 80% of it. If you are in the drone industry, or benefit from it, please watch this video and give your professional opinion to the FCC in the hopes they will change their minds. Again, be professional in your comments.

The link to provide your comments to the FCC is below.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1052929357334091&id=100078511099646

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07/30/2026

It’s about time for fall army worms to start appearing and destroying your hay fields. We are ready and able to spray your fields quickly with a drone so no more of your hay gets damaged by using a ground rig to spray them. Give us a call and we can be on the way.

Reports of Fall Armyworms are starting to come in on our pest tracker! Be sure to be monitoring and scouting your pastures/hayfields! Please report any Fall Armyworm sightings on our pest tracker.

https://www.clemson.edu/extension/pest-alerts/

06/27/2026

Courtney is a newly certified drone pilot that is working with us. Yesterday was her first time flying the spray drone and did great. This 225 pound, 10 foot wide drone is much different from flying a typical consumer drone, being much more complex.

06/27/2026

We spent yesterday spraying fungicide and micronutrients on 80 acres of corn in New Holland, SC. Spray drones fly mostly automated routes to ensure complete coverage. The video shows the drone lifting off and resuming its flights after refilling the 10 gallon tank and putting a fresh battery onboard. You might notice it began spraying away from the edge of the field. That was for safety during automated flights since there were power lines nearby. We flew the edges manually for safety.

06/21/2026

Do you need your pastures sprayed for thistles, briars, and other weeds? Are your pastures too rough or wet for your spray rig? Aiken Aerial Imaging can handle it from above.

06/21/2026

Had a great morning spraying a few pastures in Pelion, SC today.

06/01/2026

I had the pleasure of spending the day with my wife and beautiful assistant, Tracy, helping me with the spray job. I couldn't have done it without her help.

06/01/2026

With the sun behind the drone while spraying, you can see the swath of the spray. the drone is about 12 feet wide, but the spray swath is over 20 feet. There was drift reduction agent in the mix to minimize the amount of small particles that could drift and harm non-target plants outside the field and the wind was about 5 mph at the time. These fields were too wet and muddy for the farmer to get his tractor into without getting stuck and messing up the field. Drone spraying can still get the right agents onto your crops when they are needed.

06/01/2026

We sprayed herbicide on some soybean fields Saturday near Batesburg. For those that aren't aware of the characteristics of spray when applied by drone, take a look at the plants on the ground to see that the chemical is pushed into the crops. These fields were too wet and muddy to get a tractor into without getting stuck and messing up the field. Drone spraying will still allow you to get the right agents onto your crops at the time you need them applied.

05/25/2026

If you need to spray your fields for pests, but the fields are too wet for your tractor, drone spraying may be the answer.