| Description |
1 online resource (417 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Drones at work and play; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Section 333 exemptions: patterns of usage; 1.3 Aerial surveying; 1.4 Real estate marketing; 1.5 Movie and television production; 1.6 Agricultural applications; 1.7 Event photography; 1.8 Search and rescue; 1.9 Pipeline and powerline inspection; 1.10 Tower inspection and repair; 1.11 Bridge inspection and repair; 1.12 Railroad track inspection; 1.13 Insurance claims inspection and risk assessment |
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1.14 Electronic news gathering1.15 Law enforcement support; 1.16 Other public safety activities; 1.17 Border patrol; 1.18 Logistics and package delivery; 1.19 Weather; 1.20 Tethers; 1.21 Consumer drones; 1.22 Different purposes, demand, regulation, and politics; 1.23 Technologies; 1.24 Human factors; 1.25 Emergencies; 1.26 Politics and law; 1.27 Economics and entrepreneurship; 1.28 Is it a fad?; Notes; 2 Genesis; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Different origins; 2.3 What made drones possible?; 2.3.1 Making flight possible; 2.3.2 Model aircraft; 2.3.3 Propulsion systems; 2.3.4 Control systems |
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2.3.5 Communications links and hardware2.3.6 Wireless transmission of photographs and full-motion video; 2.3.7 Computing power and miniaturization; 2.4 Military drones; 2.5 Intelligent missiles; 2.6 Space systems; 2.7 Other remotely controlled vehicles; 2.8 Bridges to the civilian and commercial worlds; Notes; 3 Technologies; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 What do drones look like, and how do they work?; 3.2.1 Microdrones; 3.2.2 Macrodrones; 3.3 Finding the right design philosophy: mission requirements or technology's possibilities?; 3.4 Lift and drag; 3.4.1 Getting aloft and staying in the air |
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3.4.2 Controlling flight3.5 Propulsion systems; 3.5.1 Internal combustion engines; 3.5.2 Electrical propulsion; 3.5.3 Scaling propulsion systems up and down; 3.6 Specific energies; 3.7 Transforming mechanical energy into thrust: jets, propellers, rotors, and fans; 3.8 Transmissions; 3.9 Wireless communications; 3.9.1 Signals; 3.9.1.1 Frequencies and propagation; 3.9.1.2 Bandwidth; 3.9.1.3 Coding, decoding, and modulation; 3.9.2 Antennas; 3.9.3 Polarization; 3.9.4 Multipath problem; 3.10 Control systems; 3.10.1 Servomechanisms; 3.10.2 Flight control subsystems; 3.10.3 Flight control sensors |
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3.10.3.1 Magnetometers3.10.3.2 Accelerometers and inertial guidance systems; 3.10.3.3 GPS; 3.10.3.4 The cockpit on the ground; 3.10.3.5 Autonomy; 3.11 Mission-oriented subsystems; 3.11.1 Cameras; 3.11.2 Other sensors; 3.11.3 Digital signal processing; 3.11.4 Image processing; 3.12 Collision avoidance; 3.12.1 Finding the targets; 3.12.2 Avoiding collisions; 3.12.3 Migration of automotive technologies; 3.12.4 Deployment on microdrones; 3.13 Neighborhood Access for MicroDrones (NAMID); 3.13.1 Overview; 3.13.2 Implementation; 3.13.3 Block definition; 3.13.4 Peer-to-peer, or ground infrastructure? |
| Notes |
3.13.5 "Track warrant" based? |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Drone aircraft
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Aeronautics, Commercial.
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Aeronautics, Commercial -- Law and legislation.
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drone airplanes.
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air transport (transportation mode)
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Aeronautics, Commercial
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Aeronautics, Commercial -- Law and legislation
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Drone aircraft
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sprague, Eliot O
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| ISBN |
9781317148357 |
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1317148355 |
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