DRONES

Daniel Walker

Definition: DRONE

  1. to make a dull, continued, low, monotonous sound; hum; buzz. The machine's noise was a calming drone in the distance 
  2. to speak in a monotonous tone.
  3. to proceed in a dull, monotonous manner (usually followed by on):  The meeting at my LAST company droned on for hours. 

No

  • any unmanned aircraft or ship that is guided remotely:
  • an unmanned aerial vehicle (an aircraft piloted by remote control or onboard computers).

    "within sixty minutes of reaching a launch site, the UAV can be assembled and launched"

DJI Phantom drone

Multicopter

  • helicopter
  • tricopter
  • quadcopter
  • hexacopter
  • octocopter

Applications

  • Military
  • Surveillance/Photography
  • Inspection
  • Survey
    • Industrial
    • Agriculture
  • Research
  • Swarming
  • Entertainment
    • Tourism
    • Racing
    • Shows
  • Delivery
  • Emergency Services

Survey

Emergency Services

Racing Drones

Quadcopter FPV Racing

  • first person view
  • no latency
  • short battery life
  • speed and agility
  • requires practice
  • tricks

Quad Anatomy

  • Frame
  • Motors/Propellers
  • Speed controllers
  • Receiver (Rx)
  • Transmitter (Tx)
  • Video Transmitter (Vtx)
  • Flight Controller (FC)
  • Camera
  • Goggles

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DRONES

By Daniel Walker

DRONES

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