The Satloc M3 provides state-of-the-art GPS Guidance for AIR. Available with AirStar or new AirTrac guidance software, the M3 allows you to control your spray application rate, track acreage sprayed, analyze log data, and more.

The Satloc M3 provides guidance to an accuracy of within 3 feet (1 meter), allowing you to fly and spray precise patterns, reducing fuel, flying time, and spraying costs. The Satloc M3 provides a moving map that guides the pilot using the lightbar and graphical display. The graphical map provides visual guidance for situational awareness and for determining if passes have been missed.

The Satloc M3 is available with either AirStar or AirTrac guidance software.

• AirStar allows you to fly using one of six standard spray patterns, set marks and waypoints, compute area, log flight and spray job data, ensure consistent flow rates with automatic flow control, and GIS file support.
  
• AirTrac, Satloc's newest guidance software for air, features all of the AirStar functionality plus variable rate flow control support, wet/dry flow control support, two additional patterns, and contour guidance to AirStar's existing functionality.

The Satloc M3 consists of:

• M3 computer, keypad, and graphic display (Note: AirTrac is available with an optional Touchscreen)
• AirStar or AirTrac guidance software
• Durable, large-display, adjustable Lightbar
• SLXg3 DGPS receiver, a 12-channel DGPS engine featuring four possible differential options
• MapStar planning and analysis software (optional with AirStar M3, included with AirTrac)
• Flow control software (optional with AirStar M3 - constant rate flow control support; included with AirTrac - variable rate flow control support)

How It Works
Using GPS data from the receiver and simple commands you input using a keypad (or optional touchscreen if using AirTrac), the lightbar provides highly accurate guidance. This allows you to create consistently spaced rows and to match the shape of any field. The graphic display screen provides additional real-time job status information, such as swath deposition, field boundaries, and mark points.

Features & Benefits

• Graphic display screen - view a real-time map of your current flight, pattern, direction, and spray applied on the display screen.
  
• Variable rate flow control and variable rate prescription mapping with MapStar PC software (included)
• Dry flow control support (AirTrac only)
• GIS file support - upload GIS shape files and plan missions from ESRI Shape, DXF, and MID/MIF file formats using Satloc’s optional MapStar software.
• Nighttime screen color option
• Marks and waypoints - set navigation marks and waypoints and navigate back to those points (Satloc M3 automatically sets a mark at your last sprayed point by default, allowing you to quickly pick up work where you left off).
• Real-time area computation - automatically calculate the sprayed area/total field area, taking into account hazards such as bodies of water.
• Data logging - logs allow you to track time and date, position at each logging interval, altitude and heading, wind speed and direction, GPS information, mark locations, flow rate, and more. You can then replay your logs to review your application work on the display screen or to print graphical reports of areas sprayed and chemical amounts applied using Satloc’s MapStar software.
• Flexible swath guidance - standard spray patterns match the most common patterns aerial pilots fly when spraying their fields. Define the shape of any area you wish to fly and receive guidance.
• Support for third-party hardware

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