Dendra Systems Quad

This Quad aircraft was built for UK company Dendra Systems (formerly Bio Carbon Engineering) to test a very interesting application. The concept was to vastly improve reforestation rates by firing pre-germinated seeds in biodegradable nutrition pods directly into the ground from the air. The aim is to plant 1 billion trees per year, replacing the slow and difficult manual planting methods currently in use.

The Quad is fitted with an air powered seed gun powerful enough to penetrate ground vegetation and surface soil, getting the seed directly into the ground…..and it works very well! This is a version 1 prototype has been scaled to achieve their targets. Flight time for this particular machine is around 40 mins.

You can find out more here at www.dendra.io