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

DEMO