Higher efficiency
Cover large areas in less time — about 6 acres an hour — spraying uniformly along automated flight paths while cutting labour requirements.
DGCA Type-certified UAV
HIMALAYA — Agrochemical spraying drone
Schnell Drone Technologies' indigenous hexacopter HIMALAYA for agrochemical spraying — a 10 litre tank, four flat-jet nozzles and a full failsafe suite, Type-certified by the DGCA and built for Indian field conditions.
7 min
Per acre
Typical spraying time
6 acres
Covered per hour
Sustained coverage rate
30 acres
Per day
With multiple battery sets
10 L
Tank capacity
Four flat-jet nozzles
28.5 kg
Max all-up weight
Including full payload
Gallery
HIMALAYA up close
Key features & parameters
HIMALAYA specifications
- Category of UAV
- Rotorcraft (Hexacopter structure)
- Class
- Medium
- Application
- Agrochemical spraying for agriculture purposes
- Spraying capacity
- One acre in about 7 minutes · about 6 acres in an hour · about 25 to 30 acres in a day with multiple battery sets
- Maximum all-up weight (including payload)
- 28.5 kg
- Overall dimensions (l × b × h)
- 1860 × 2030 × 655 mm
- Payload details
- Sprayer with tank having maximum 10 L liquid filling capacity, with 4 flat-jet nozzles
- Battery capacity
- 25,200 mAh
- Propeller details
- Diameter 24 inch · pitch range 8 inch · max 5,442 RPM · 6 propellers
- Geo-fencing capability
- Yes
- Detect & avoid
- Yes
- Return to home (failsafe)
- Battery failsafe, GCS failsafe, communication failsafe, geofence breach
- Ground control station
- AeroGCS ground control software
- Maximum speed
- 10 m/s
- Maximum range
- 1 km
- Endurance
- 13 min 19 sec with full payload without dispensing · 27 min 13 sec with empty payload tank
- Frequency band
- 2.42 to 2.48 GHz
Product brochure
Download the HIMALAYA brochure
The full sales brochure — performance figures, the complete specification sheet from the DGCA type certificate, and distributor contact details.
Download brochurePDF · 1.2 MB · 4 pages
Overview
An indigenous spraying platform, certified for Indian agriculture
HIMALAYA is a medium-class rotorcraft built around a hexacopter airframe and designed for a single job: putting agrochemicals precisely where a crop needs them. Its 10 litre tank feeds four flat-jet nozzles, and a 25,200 mAh battery pack keeps it flying long enough to make each sortie count.
With DGCA type certification secured, HIMALAYA can be deployed across India — and it is the platform behind Schnell's rapid expansion into the agricultural drone spraying sector in the central and northern states.
- Geo-fencing and detect-and-avoid built in as standard
- Four independent return-to-home failsafes
- Flown from the AeroGCS ground control station
- Automated flight paths for uniform, repeatable coverage
Performance
What a day in the field looks like
Spraying rates below are from the type certification data sheet, measured with a full payload.
7 min
Per acre
Typical spraying time
6 acres
Per hour
Sustained coverage rate
30 acres
Per day
With multiple battery sets on rotation
27 min
Max endurance
13 min 19 sec loaded · 27 min 13 sec empty
Why spray with drones
Advantages over traditional spraying
Drone spraying changes the economics and the safety profile of crop protection — covering more ground, with less chemical, and without putting an operator inside the spray cloud.
Precision spraying
GPS and automated navigation apply the right dose to the right place, targeting specific areas and eliminating overlap and missed spots.
Reduced chemical usage
Controlled spraying minimises waste, lowering overall pesticide and fertilizer consumption and reducing environmental contamination.
Improved operator safety
Operators stay away from direct chemical exposure, never walk through freshly sprayed fields, and avoid the risks of difficult terrain.
Access to difficult areas
Hilly, muddy, flooded or uneven fields are sprayed easily, including areas that tractors and other ground equipment simply cannot reach.
Less crop damage
No foot traffic in the field means no trampled crop and none of the soil compaction that machinery leaves behind.
Time savings
Fast deployment and rapid spraying make it practical to treat a crop inside the narrow window of a critical growth stage.
Water conservation
Low-volume spraying techniques require significantly less water than conventional methods — decisive in water-stressed districts.
Cost savings over time
Lower labour costs, reduced fuel consumption versus tractor-based spraying, and savings from less chemical and better crop protection.
In the field
HIMALAYA at work
Field photography of the HIMALAYA platform. Product photographs marked below are placeholders pending final imagery from Schnell.
Questions
HIMALAYA, answered
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