WC MN | mx270a - 7/14/2013 17:51
How many seeds are in the little hopper at the row unit on a CCS planter? My guess is that it is more than what most people would consider an acceptable transition distance.
If there are 1000 seeds in that hopper, at a 5 inch spacing on corn, that's 5000 inches, or 416 feet worth of seed. Also, blowing a different hybrid in before the hopper was empty would result in a gradual transition, and the first hybrid wouldn't be entirely cleaned out for a very long time.
-Lance
What I was stating about a "look ahead" is that the controller would start the hopper transition early. The only problem I see with this is it isn't exactly first in first out. We utilize look ahead in robotic programming on a daily basis. IE we start pulsing the servo early to get it warmed up for the move a couple milliseconds ahead. I don't see that as a huge obstacle. Don't they actually start shutting down the row shut offs early and turn them on early to compensate for delay right now? |
variable HYBRID planting test rig??????
