{"id":7860,"date":"2016-06-09T13:20:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T20:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Solid-Edge-Blog\/Start-up-UAV-manufacturer-uses-Solid-Edge-helps-farmers-maximize\/ba-p\/350287"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:23:04","slug":"start-up-uav-manufacturer-uses-solid-edge-helps-farmers-maximize-crop-yields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/start-up-uav-manufacturer-uses-solid-edge-helps-farmers-maximize-crop-yields\/","title":{"rendered":"Start-up UAV manufacturer uses Solid Edge, helps farmers maximize crop yields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><span class=\"lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left\" style=\"width: 400px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/skybridge-2.jpg\" alt=\"skybridge.jpg\" title=\"skybridge.jpg\" \/><span class=\"lia-inline-image-caption\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault();\">Concept design of a Skybridge UAV in Solid Edge<\/span><\/span><FONT face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\">Ian Henderson, COO of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skybridgeuas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Skybridge UAS <\/A>spoke at the recent Solid Edge ST9 event in Orlando about how they have been using Solid Edge to design unmanned aerial vehicles that help&nbsp;farmers optimize their crop yields. The UAVs use a variety of sensors to collect data about soil conditions and crop growth in a very cost effective way.&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Skybridge is an example of a start-up manufacturing company that doesn\u2019t yet have a significant income stream, but needs to quickly complete a large amount of both&nbsp;concept and detail design work. According to Ian \u201cWe needed to have a design tool that would fit a fixed income company that needs to do a lot of engineering work to develop an aircraft.\u201d They found that using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/solid-edge\/monthly-subscriptions\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">monthly subscriptions<\/A> for their Solid Edge licenses met their needs for flexibility and low cost while delivering powerful design capabilities. Using Solid Edge, Skybridge is designing&nbsp;UAVs that&nbsp;can stay aloft from morning to night while carrying over 25 pounds of sensors, enabling&nbsp;cost effective data collection over multiple farms in a single day.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><span class=\"lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center\" style=\"width: 919px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/skybridge4-1.jpg\" alt=\"skybridge4.jpg\" title=\"skybridge4.jpg\" \/><span class=\"lia-inline-image-caption\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault();\">Skybridge UAVs gather data using advanced sensors to monitor soil and crop conditions<\/span><\/span><\/P><br \/>\n<P><span class=\"lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center\" style=\"width: 999px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/skybridge3-1.jpg\" alt=\"skybridge3.jpg\" title=\"skybridge3.jpg\" \/><span class=\"lia-inline-image-caption\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault();\">Skybridge UAVs feature detachable pods that can carry a variety of sensors<\/span><\/span>Skybridge has also found that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/solid-edge\/design\/synchronous-technology.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">synchronous technology<\/A> delivers significant benefits. \u201cA single part changed inside the structure of an aircraft changes all of the structural members around it\u2026with synchronous technology we are able to make those changes very rapidly.\u201d If you are new to synchronous technology we have an entertaining&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bUg9sk8_DE8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">new video<\/A> that explains this exciting approach to 3D design.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>In the video below&nbsp;Ian Henderson talks about Skybridge, their selection of Solid Edge for 3D CAD and the benefits they are seeing from synchronous technology. Let us know what you think about the Skybridge story, or your own experience with Solid Edge subscriptions and synchronous technology!<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed-center video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embedly-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FKVgapkbeQQk%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKVgapkbeQQk&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FKVgapkbeQQk%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=fad07bfa4bd747d3bdea27e17b533c0e&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" title=\"Video\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concept design of a Skybridge UAV in Solid Edge  Ian Henderson, COO of Skybridge UAS spoke at the recent Solid Edge ST9 event in Orlando about how they have been using Solid Edge to design unmanned a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61512,"featured_media":7870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-7860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-startup"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/skybridge3-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61512"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7860"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7871,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7860\/revisions\/7871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7860"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=7860"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=7860"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=7860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}