SkyKisan Mini: a spray drone small farmers can afford

A foldable 5-litre spray drone that covers an acre in 12 minutes and costs a third of imported drones.

By Aarav Menon · Goal ₹8,00,000

About this campaign

Who are you? We are four engineers from Bengaluru. Three of us grew up on farms in Mandya and Tumakuru and watched our parents spray pesticide by hand for days. What are you making or raising for? SkyKisan Mini is a foldable spray drone with a 5-litre tank, GPS route planning in Kannada, Hindi and English, and a battery that swaps in 30 seconds. How did it start? In 2023 we rented an imported drone for our village. It cost ₹6 lakh to buy and nobody could repair it. We built our first prototype from scooter parts and a phone. What is your plan and timeline? Prototype 3 has flown 140 hours across 60 acres. With this campaign we tool the frame moulds in December, run DGCA type certification in January and ship in March 2027. How will the money be used? 45% moulds and tooling, 25% certification and testing, 20% the first batch of motors and batteries, 10% packaging and shipping. Why does it matter? Hand spraying exposes farmers to chemicals and wastes up to 40% of the spray. A drone they can own changes both.