Buying a Complete Agras Package: A Commissioning Acceptance Guide

Define what complete means for your operation

A complete Agras package is complete for a stated task. It is not simply an aircraft beside several batteries in a photograph. Write a job brief covering the intended material or load, field access, ground team, energy supply and permission prerequisites. Then identify the equipment and services needed to demonstrate that task. A spraying configuration, a spreader-equipped configuration and an agricultural lifting proposal need different scope statements.

Separate the delivered hardware, installation work, training, commissioning and continuing operator responsibilities. A supplier may support all of these without every element being included in one advertised package. Ask for a written distinction between supplied items, optional items and unresolved requirements. The T100 spraying and spreading package is a useful configuration reference, but its catalogue presence does not establish stock, an approval or the final price of every site-specific requirement.

Make the equipment list specific enough to inspect

List the aircraft variant, exact working system, controller, battery model and total quantity, charging equipment, cooling components and the relevant leads or installation parts. Include transport and handling items where they are part of the quotation. State whether an accessory is installed, supplied loose or merely compatible. Avoid a list that substitutes phrases such as full kit or agricultural charger for an identifiable component.

Check that the same item has not been counted twice under different descriptions. A controller included in a verified aircraft box should not be added again without explanation. Conversely, a controller described on a specification page is not automatically an in-box item. Use the appropriate manufacturer’s documents and the supplier’s explicit offer together. The T55 FAQ illustrates why compatibility questions should be resolved at the named model and accessory level rather than inferred from a shared product-family label.

Keep standard and optional working systems distinct

A supported optional configuration may change the installation, operating limits or acceptance test. Ask the supplier to identify the exact documents and firmware requirements that apply. Do not assume that a dual-battery spraying system is simply an extra battery added to the standard system, or that a spreader and lifting attachment arrive with a spraying package because the aircraft supports them.

DJI’s T100 specifications identify LS100-DB as a dual-battery spraying configuration with a 100 L tank and a 90 kg operating payload. These are different measurements, and neither establishes the contents of a retail conversion box. The six-battery dual-spraying package is a proposed hardware configuration requiring confirmation of the exact supply, installation parts and working arrangement. Do not count a second complete standard spraying system unless the actual quotation explicitly supplies it.

Accept the charging plan under its real conditions

Identify the proposed site supply before accepting a battery-rotation claim. The charging equipment, input conditions, battery state and handling routine belong in the commissioning plan. Ask what was measured and what remains an assumption. A manufacturer charging time under stated conditions should not become an unconditional promise about a remote farm, a different supply or a battery arriving at a different state.

For a T55 four-battery configuration, verify the actual battery family and C7000 arrangement rather than substituting a charger from another package. If retaining existing equipment, record its exact revision and compatibility. Include a practical exercise that follows a battery through the agreed sequence. The acceptance record should say which supply and operating conditions were used, with a clear requirement to reassess a materially different worksite before relying on the same rotation.

Check documents, accounts and data handover

Ask for the relevant manuals, safety information, maintenance requirements and configuration-specific documents, with revisions recorded. The T100 and T25P official downloads provide model-specific starting points. Confirm which documentation applies to the supplied regional version and retain a copy with the equipment record. A link to a general product homepage is not a sufficient commissioning handover.

Identify every software licence, account entitlement, subscription, correction service or cloud function relied upon by the proposed workflow. State the term, ownership and renewal responsibility where it is actually included. Do not infer these from the hardware name. If prescription maps or survey data form part of the requirement, demonstrate the actual import and interpretation on the delivered controller. The customer should understand what remains usable, what requires an account and what changes when an entitlement expires.

Agree witnessed acceptance tests before delivery

Define objective checks for identity, assembly, safe handling, batteries, charging and the relevant working system. For spraying, distinguish calibration, measured delivery and deposition assessment. For spreading, identify material-specific metering and distribution evidence. For lifting, define a suitable load-handling and receiving-site demonstration under the appropriate permission. Keep failures and corrective actions in the record rather than substituting a later successful photograph.

The exercise should use the supplied configuration and the people expected to operate it. Record what was demonstrated, the conditions and any limits on the result. Separate training attendance from demonstrated competence in the customer’s procedure; neither should be represented as an IAA approval. Agree the method for resolving an incomplete test before signing off the package. This turns a broad promise that the system works into a set of observations that both supplier and customer can assess.

Illustrative example: resolving an incomplete dual-system offer

Imagine a buyer reviewing a proposed dual-battery spraying package. This is an illustrative procurement example. The offer names the aircraft, controller, six flight batteries, two power supplies and one LS100-DB system, but does not identify all installation parts. The buyer asks for the exact supply and conversion requirements instead of assuming that every required cable or bracket is included.

The supplier separates confirmed items from the remaining installation questions and agrees a witnessed acceptance plan. The buyer also confirms the site power and the documentation needed for the intended operation. Only when those gaps are resolved can the offer be treated as a complete configuration for that purpose. The same discipline applies to a smaller package: a familiar aircraft name and battery count do not excuse an unclear working-system list, an unverified charger revision or a missing controller entitlement.

Sign off the scope and the remaining responsibilities

Use a final acceptance sheet with the delivered inventory, test evidence, document revisions, unresolved items and named responsibilities. Keep commercial terms and any market-price references distinct from the equipment and technical acceptance record. Confirm service contacts and the process for reporting a defect without inventing a warranty, free training entitlement or promised response time. A package is not accepted simply because all boxes have arrived.

On acceptance day, reconcile the serial numbers on the aircraft and every battery with the delivery record. Photograph part labels before packaging is discarded. Classify each outstanding item as missing hardware, installation work, a document gap or an operating prerequisite, with an owner and a closure criterion. Keep acceptance conditional wherever an agreed test remains incomplete.

Review the operating prerequisites using the current IAA authorisation guidance, including UAM 012 Issue 6 dated 15 May 2026. SORA is an operational risk-assessment method, not an aircraft certificate or guaranteed permission. Separate aviation and agricultural permissions, and keep T200 conformity, supply and quote-only status unresolved until evidenced. Bring Irish Drone the job brief, the proposed acceptance sheet and the outstanding questions. The next step is a precise quotation and commissioning discussion that both parties can verify.

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