History of drones and how the drones work
Technically, a drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle. Drones are more officially known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS) or unmanned aircraft systems (UASS). Basically, a drone is a flying robot that can be remotely controlled or flown through their system software controlled flight plan. But it works with aircraft sensors and GPS.
In the recent past, drones
have often been associated with the military, where they were used primarily
for anti-aircraft target practice, intelligence gathering, and then more
controversially as weapons platforms. Drones are now widely used in civilian
applications ranging from search and rescue, surveillance, traffic monitoring,
weather monitoring and firefighting to personal drone and commercial
drone-based photography as well as videography, agriculture and even delivery
services.
History of Drones:
The history of drones is very
interesting and strange.
Many trace the drone's history
of Italy in 1849, when Venice was fighting for independence from Austria.
Austrian soldiers attacked Venice by bombarding them with balloons filled with
hot air, hydrogen or helium.
In 1916, Sir Nicholas Tesla
proposed the first pilotless aircraft. And based on his formula, the first
drone was launched in 1917. Which was used by Britain and USA in World War I.
Britain's drone was radio-controlled and launched in March 1917. On the other
hand, the American drone named 'Kettering Bug' first flew in the sky in October
1918. Both drones proved their power in the First World War. After World War I
ended, work continued to make drones more effective between World Wars I and
II. But the first use of highly effective drones was in the Vietnam War. Then
it slowly started to be used in various wars.
The first unmanned
radio-controlled aircraft were used in World War II. In 1918, the US Army
experimentally developed an unmanned 'flying bomb' aircraft, which was never
used in combat.
The first used drone was a
full-scale re-use of the de Havilland DH82B Queen Bee biplane in 1935, fitted
with radio and servo-operated controls in the rear seat. A plane can be flown from
the front seat of this aircraft, but it is generally unmanned. This is how
drone technology originated. Today we only know drones as well as drone cameras.
But its uses are manifold.
How do drones work?
The process by which drones
work is called UAV. The full meaning of which is an unmanned aerial vehicle.
Which has 2 types, one is general (UAV) and the other is military (UAV).
Typical UAVs basically have a camera, propellers, and some sensors. Which helps
him to fly in the sky and go in the right direction. But of course, both normal
UAVS and military UAVS, all need to be controlled remotely. On the other hand,
military UAVs have cockpits, spy cameras, lasers, GPS, sensors, light sensors,
etc. However, all of its UAVS are close to its nose, which allows them to
travel much farther. And these definitely needs a runway. Drones basically have
2 parts, one is the drone itself and the other is its controller system. The
ground controller itself gives instructions, and it goes to the drone via
satellite, the drone receives it and acts according to that command. In the
same way, the drone also sends its information to the ground controller in the
same way. You will be surprised to hear that the drone takes only 2 seconds to
do these tasks.
The drone works by following
many commands-
Radar Position:
Radar position here refers to
the radar pilot, this pilot automatically determines his position and informs
the controller about his position. With this there is another command Back to
Home (Back to Home) through this command wherever the drone is, it will return
to its own position. Without any control. But keep in mind that this is only
for military drones or UAVS.
Gyro Position System:
Gyro Position System means
determining the position of self and other objects with the help of Gyroscope.
Moreover, due to this, the drone can fly smoothly and land properly. The Gyro
system works by determining the North Pole, by catching the North Pole first,
it will give its position first, and then the other drone or Location will say
which side it is. Although it is a little difficult, it gives the exact
position. Hence, the Gyro system is used in all military drones or (UVI).
Fly Zone Technology:
Fly zone technology refers to
the technology used to avoid collision with other aircraft or drones. Due to
this, drone accidents do not happen with airplanes. Have you ever heard of a
drone accident with a plane? No, or very little, the main reason for this is the
fly zone technology. It basically works in two ways, one is that it contains the
time schedule of the surrounding airports, due to which it flew at a certain
distance at that time and flies at a certain altitude. On the other hand,
another is using firmware to determine A and B. But drone manufacturers have
not said anything about this.
FPV Technology:
FPV technology is the First
Person View. The drone will target the first person; it sees on the ground. But
more important than that is the camera it has that provides precise information
about anyone on the ground. But its problem is that it cannot detect forest or
populated areas properly. So analysts think of something else as an alternative
to FAV technology. Nowadays, drones are being made so beautiful and easy that
you can even fly the drone with your smartphone.
Drone on a smartphone:
Now the world has become a
smartphone, so drones have also been brought into the smartphone. But this will
only happen in Phantom 2 Vision+ quadcopter drones. Not only can you download
it from Google Play Store to fly the drone, you can also increase its speed,
receive and send data, launch missiles, etc. You can even change all flight
mission data in it. So it can be said that drones have become much easier for
us to use, even though we don't know it.
What kind of camera is used in
drones is a question for you and all of us, because we may think that drones
are only used to attack enemies? But have you ever wondered how to attack if
you can't identify the enemy well? That is why very powerful cameras are used
in drones. The cameras used in most drones display many Full HD images at
1080/30 frames and 720/60 frames. And for which there are 3 GB micro HD
memories in the drone. But as time increases, the camera of the drone is also
becoming more modern, big drone manufacturers like Walkera, Yuneec have brought
cameras that can record 4K videos in their drones and pictures are taken with
12 megapixel cameras. Finally, they use the Zenmuse Z3 zoom camera, which Nikon
uses in their dues cameras, and this is the first high-resolution camera in the
history of drones.
Importance of drones in military field:
The biggest advantage of
drones is that they can change their trajectory immediately after releasing a
missile, much like a cruise missile. The only difference between them is that
cruise missiles are self-destructing, but drones are not self-destructing.
Since there is no driver, all the facilities required for the driver like
cockpit, oxygen cylinder, parachute etc. are not required. As a result,
unmanned aircraft can carry large amounts of ammunition, missiles and other
weapons. And when we think about privacy, we should not think of alternatives.
Latest Technological Drones:
DJI Phantom 4: Which has any
type of collision avoidance technology. Moreover, it has the technology to take
perfect pictures from the sky.
DJI Inspire 1: A favorite for
its beautiful design and powerful motor, it is primarily used for photography.
So it is mostly used in movie making videos.
3DR Solo: For professional
photography, this will be the top choice, and it's also the fastest to change
direction.
