Introduction To UAVs
Introduction
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), also known as a unmanned aircraft system (UAS), remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) or unmanned aircraft, is a machine which functions either by the remote control of a navigator, or pilot (called a Combat Systems Officer on UCAVs) or autonomously, that is, as a self-directing entity.
Planes Structural Types
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Fixed Wings Plane
(F-22 Raptor, Concorde)
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Single-Rotor Plane
(Helicopter)
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Multi-Rotor Plane
(Tri-Copter, Quad-Copter, Hexa-Copter, etc)
UAV Subsystems
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Auto-Pilot Subsystem
- This Subsystem Concerned with Navigation, Controlling and Command Handling.
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Guidance and Navigation Subsystem
- This Subsystem Concerned with Perceiving The Environment To Provide Data Help The Auto-Pilot or The Ground Station in Navigation and Controlling
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Communication and Telemetry Subsystem (Uplink Command, Downlink Telemetry)
- This Subsystem Concerned with Providing Sustainable Communication Session Between The Ground Station and The UAV in The Air and Handle The Communication Protocol.
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Payload Subsystem
- This Subsystem Concerned with The Application The UAV Designed For, And It Could Be Camera For Surveillance or Missile To Attack or Anything Else.
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Ground Station (GS) Subsystem
- This Subsystem in The Ground and Concerned with Communicating With The UAV By Giving it Commands, Receive Telemetry and Sometime Guiding It In Navigation.
UAV Controling Types
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Radio Channel (RC) Remote Control
- The UAV Controlled by Operator using 4-RC Remote
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Autonomous Control
- The UAV Control Itself To Perform Certain Mission
(The Question Here is How Much Autonomous ?).
- The UAV Control Itself To Perform Certain Mission
Applications
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Military Applications
- Recon (US Global Hawk)
- Targeting and Strike (MQ-9 Reaper or US Predator)
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Civilian Applications