Weekly NDVI Scout Health Monitoring
Detect stress 7-10 days before visible
Mission briefing
Weekly NDVI Scout Health Monitoring sits in the growth stage of the crop cycle. It runs on a mavic 3m carrying multispectral 5 band, and in Bihar the window is weekly after sowing at a frequency of 7-10 days. Expect roughly 200ha/hr per sortie, and stand the drone down outside the wind <10m/s, 10am-2pm sun envelope — flying past it wastes chemical and risks drift onto neighbouring plots. Readings are interpreted through NDVI, NDRE, OSAVI, GNDVI, so the payload has to output those bands rather than plain RGB. Detect stress 7-10 days before visible On a easy-difficulty mission like this, the cost driver is not the drone — it is the number of return trips and the pilot hours around them, which is what the payback maths on the economics page turns on.
What you need
- Payload
- Multispectral 5 band
- Drone class
- Mavic 3M
- Vegetation indices
- NDVI, NDRE, OSAVI, GNDVI
When to fly (Bihar)
- Timing
- Weekly after sowing
- Frequency
- 7-10 days
- Coverage
- 200ha/hr
- Weather envelope
- Wind <10m/s, 10am-2pm sun
Drones that run this mission
What this pass costs to buy in
Custom-hire rates operators actually charge for scouting work. Use these as the benchmark before you decide whether to own a drone or hire one for weekly ndvi scout health monitoring.
| State | Job | ₹/acre | ₹/ha |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bihar | NDVI Scout | ₹150 | ₹370 |
Before you fly this mission
- DGCA rules for agricultural flying →
Green-zone limits, 120 m ceiling and the paperwork a spray sortie needs.
- Kisan Drone subsidy 2026 →
Up to 100% support for FPOs and CHCs buying the drone that runs this pass.
- Agri drone price list India →
What the machines capable of this mission cost, ex-showroom.
- Pilot licence cost & RPTO list →
You cannot fly this commercially without a DGCA remote pilot certificate.