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ROI calculator · full version

Build your spray-drone business case

Pre-loaded with the real Ceres C31 throughput. Adjust every assumption — coverage rate, cost per acre, financing and Section 179 — for running your own fields and for selling spraying as a service.

Ceres C31 "Black Betty" · 40 gal · 11 GPM · 4 centrifugal nozzles · up to 50 ft swath · 397 lb · LiDAR+360° · ~20 acres/flight @ 2 GPA · 1,500-cycle batteries

1. Investment

$USD

2. Operation & throughput

gal
GPA
ft
mph
GPM
min
/h
h
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3. Operating cost / acre

$/ac
$/ac
$/ac
Cost per takeoff (equipment wear) —
Equivalent wear per acre—
Total cost per acre—

4. How you'll use it

Your own fields

Savings vs your current application cost.

ac
×
$/ac
Estimated annual savings—

Spraying as a service

Rate you charge other growers per acre.

ac
×
$/ac
Estimated annual margin—
How it's calculated. Max throughput = area per flight (limited by tank ÷ dose, or by swath × speed × flow within an ~8-min flight) × a reference cadence of cycles/hour. Cost per takeoff spreads the drone over its flight-hours and batteries/charger over their cycles. Specs per Ceres C31; prices are referential. Figures may differ from real results.

Your numbers

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estimated payback
—throughput
—acres / night
—annual benefit
—annual ROI
—effective kit
—5-yr net
With these inputs the annual benefit is zero or negative, so the kit wouldn't pay back. Review your rate, avoided cost or operating costs.
Estimates for planning only — not a quote or a guarantee of results.

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