Drones, Types, and Functions

Drones, Types, and Functions

If you hear the word "drone", maybe we will remember some wars in the Middle East. Yes, this unmanned aircraft is so popularly used by the United States as a military device for reconnaissance or attacking enemy bases with missiles it carries. Some of the famous American military drones include the MQ-9 Reaper and RQ-1 Predator. Also terrified is the ability of a drone.Drones, Types, and Functions

But calm, the reputation of the drone is not only just in the military field. Lately, drones are gaining popularity with the number of these gadgets produced for consumer and professional purposes. Of course this drone was created to help human needs not to destroy like a military drone.

What is Drone?

Drones are unmanned aerial vehicles that are able to control themselves or are controlled by a pilot remotely / remotely.

Physically, drones can have a shape that resembles an airplane, like a helicopter, or a multirotor design. Airplane-like forms are usually adopted for military needs while multirotor is widely used for consumer and professional drones.Drones, Types, and Functions

What is the Function of a Drone?

Drones have many functions depending on the purpose of their manufacture, ranging from military needs, research, internet transmitters, hobbies, photography, film / video making, agriculture, to recreational / toy needs.

Types of Drones

Drone Toys: as the name implies, this type of drone is only used for toys or just fun. Most are not equipped with cameras, but some are equipped with makeshift quality cameras. Parrot is a brand that has a large selection of drones in this beginner class.

Consumer Drone: This class of drones are produced for hobby and photography needs. Usually equipped with high resolution cameras to take pictures and record videos. Some popular drones in this category include: DJI Phantom, DJI Mavic Pro, GoPro Karma, etc.

Professional Drones: these drones actually have functions similar to consumer drones but are equipped with much better capabilities. Improvements in camera quality, flight range, additional features, and payload capacity make it superior to consumer drones. Professional drones that are widely used are the DJI Inspire line (Inspire 1, Inspire 1 Pro / Raw, Inspire 2).

Military Drones: according to the explanation at the beginning of this article, one of the early functions of drones is to be used in the military field. UAV Predator and Reaper are examples of popular drones in this category. Indonesia itself has several military drones, including

Industrial Drone: This class of drones is a further improvement from professional drones. If professional drones are quadcopter, industrial drones usually have a multirotor configuration (many propellers). The application of industrial drones is usually used for large-scale film industry and agriculture (spraying pesticides / fertilizers). Examples of industrial drones include Yamaha Rmax, DJI MG1, and DJI Matrice 600.Drones, Types, and Functions

Drone Research: from the name we already know that this type of drone functions for research, surveying, mapping, or academic needs. 

Drone Internet: This type of drone was created to help internet connection penetration in remote areas that are not touched by public internet networks. The developer of internet drones is Facebook, with Aquila drones ready to operate in the near future.