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# Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

> An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS); which include a UAV, a ground-based controller, and a system of communications between the two. The flight of UAVs may operate with various degrees of autonomy: either under remote control by a human operator or autonomously by onboard computers. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle)

Type

* DIY Drone
* RTF

UAV Model Architecture

* Base Frame
* ESCs (Speed Controllers) 
* Motors
* Propellers
* R/C Receiver
* Flight Controller
* LiPo Battery
* **Advanced** FPV Camera and Transmitter

> **First Person View** (FPV) flying is when you fly your radio aircraft using a wireless video feed and view it from the pilot's perspective using a FPV monitor or video goggles. It's the closest thing to flying without actually flying! [UnmannedTechShop](https://www.unmannedtechshop.co.uk/fpv/)

UAV Goals

* **Business** Business Use Cases
  * Features
  * Cost
  * Capacity On Demand
* **Technical** Technology Uses Cases
  * End Users Self Sufficiency
  * Avoid Vendor Lock-In
  * Elastic Infrastructure Capacity On Demand
  * Infrastructure as Code Enable DevOps
  * Secure Platform
  * Multiple Locations Resiliency Isolation
* **Technical Architecture** Workloads and Requirements
  * Roles? Application Owner, IT Operations Owner, Developer
  * Stateless Environments Resource Usage
  * Specific IOPS Intensive Workloads
  * Bare-Metal Performance Workloads
  * Security from Zero
  * Isolated Development Environments
  * Physical Network Attachments
  * Build Own Application Environment

UAV Solution

> Air Based Automated System, Drone Ecosystem

1. Flight-controller hardware
2. Autopilot software
3. Ground control station
4. Developer APIs for enhanced/advanced use cases.

UAV Applications

* Cargo/delivery
* Surveying & inspections
* Fun
* Aerial photography
* Search, rescue, law enforcement
* Scientific research & exploration
* Humanitarian Services
* Experimental Aircraft
* Drone Image Systems
* Disaster Management
* Search and Rescue
* Agricultural Applications