What unmanned air vehicle? A great question to ask.
The most obvious answer to the question; what unmanned vehicle is that there is no pilot on board guiding the vehicle through the air. The vehicle is being guided remotely from the ground. For more information read my article on the Ezine Articles with the same title.
The modern innovative digital technology has enabled cameras both with the still image and video to be made small and light, this has caught on with hobbyist and action sports enthusiasts to attach a video camera to the vehicle, whether it is a bike helmet, a skateboard, snowboard, surfboard, motor cross bike helmet or a remotely radio controlled vehicle like a U.A.V.
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For this purpose the UAV or a camera drone is for the purpose of purely fun and recreation, for learning and mastering new hobby. Or it can be for the purpose of capturing still images or a video stream of the flight path around a scenic environment, which can be used for promoting and marketing a holiday destination, e-g- a hotel or a holiday resort. There are many applications once the quality images and video footage has been created.
There are many types of UAV, some of the military ones are real plane size that can weight as much as 8 ton without any ammunition on board, but that is not what this web site is about.
The camera UAV and drones also come in various sizes and weight, a reasonable light weight drone is the DJI Phantom, with a light weight Go-Pro camera which only weights 73 grams. It can be air borne for minimum of 10 minutes. Here is more information on this product.
It is a great product at the entry level, lots of great features and technological smarts. What unmanned air vehicle, here is more information on a light weight DJI Phantom drone.
To see a series of 5 videos about the various DJI Phantom features, click on this link below.
