Family run · Aerial work · Southern Africa
You can't rebrand a surname. Otto is a family name, and we only get to use it once. Every tank we mix, every hectare we treat and every report we hand over goes out under it. That is the whole business model.
ALIEN ERADICATION/CROP SPRAYING/SEEDING/SURVEYING/GEOMAPPING/TURBINE INSPECTION/DAM SEALING
Not values on a wall. Five things a client can hold us to, written the way we'd say them across a bakkie bonnet.
No handing your farm over to a subcontractor we haven't vetted and approved to fly under the Otto family name.
Drift onto a neighbour's vines is somebody's whole season. If conditions turn we stand down and come back, even when standing down costs us the day.
Our pilots are POC certified and can fly your own mixtures, or we can source and supply for each job.
Some jobs belong to a ground crew, a contractor, or nobody at all. We'd rather lose the quote than take money for work a drone shouldn't be doing.
A name at the bottom of the page, by hand. If something is wrong with it, you know exactly whose phone to ring.
Every flight log, coverage map and inspection report that leaves this business carries a signature. It is the oldest accountability tool there is, and it still works.
Send the farm name and a rough hectare count. Assessments cost nothing.
Work
Case studies, coverage figures and client references land here once the content is signed off.
Case 01 · Alien eradication · Langkloof
Alien eradication through the river systems of the Langkloof. The terrain was too rugged to reach on foot or with traditional machinery, so every hectare was flown instead.
Case 02 · Growth control & herbicide · Garden Route
Growth control and herbicide applied across a large avocado farm. The grower wanted to trial aerial application, and the orchard floor was too wet to carry conventional farm equipment. Time and cost were measured against the ground alternative throughout.
Case 03 · Herbicide · Vlees Bay
Herbicide applied across 250 hectares of canola. Heavy rainfall had left the lands far too wet to carry a sprayer, and the grower wanted the cost of flying set against traditional application before committing.
Case 04 · Dam waterproofing · Riversdale
Waterproofing laid down with patented DAMIT dam-sealing technology, flown across the entire dam from first load to last in one day. On a job like this there is no better application method.
Further case studies drop in below as the season runs — same shape each time: the district, what the ground was doing, why flying beat the alternative, and the measured result.
The direction of the business, stated plainly. Edit the three horizons to match the plan.
Full seasonal coverage for spraying and alien clearing across the country, with a second spray platform in the air.
Turn every mission into a record: multispectral health maps and repeat surveys clients can compare season on season.
Scheduled turbine and dam inspection rounds under retainer, with certified reporting for engineers and insurers.
We're taking bookings for the coming season.
Contact
There's no switchboard and no call centre. Tell us where the land is and what's wrong with it, and we'll come out, walk it, and send back a plan with a price on it. Assessments cost nothing.
Everything except your name and a way to reach you is optional.
Thanks — we've got it. Jean will be in touch within one working day.
Nothing happened? Email jean@ottofly.co.za or WhatsApp +27 82 221 8387.