Exedy Wants $1,000 for a Spot in Line for Its Michigan Spray Drone
Exedy Drones opened $1,000 Ayre CX spray drone reservations through dealers. $750 stays refundable until January; first deliveries target spring 2027.
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Exedy Drones opened $1,000 Ayre CX spray drone reservations through dealers. $750 stays refundable until January; first deliveries target spring 2027.
Trump's Section 232 robotics order skips tariffs for now and sets a 180-day check-in. Drones got their own 25% to 100% duties in August.
ASDC says US spray drone sales fell 59% in 2025 after CBP held DJI shipments, and asks the FCC to keep Part 137 sprayers out of its proposed ban.
Ørsted and Skyports flew 121 to 143-lb kits to Hornsea 2 turbines and back, one BVLOS. The aircraft in Ørsted's photo matches a DJI FlyCart 100.

China answered Nepal's plea with four DJI FlyCart 100s flying up to 16 relief runs a day. The US put the same aircraft in a 100% tariff bracket on Sept. 3.

New US tariffs on imported drones take effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on September 3. The duty applies at import, not at checkout, so existing inventory can keep selling at today's prices.

Idaho Quadcopter says tariffs and FCC rules are pushing hobbyists out. The FCC's own notice answers his biggest fear about the drones he already owns.
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