Recently, I have become interested into drones for multiple reasons, those being the lucrative possibilities they bring for services such aerial photos of property or events like weddings, the possible liminal spaces which could be shot by using a drone, such as buildings inaccessible due to their status or elevation and the fact that flying drones is just generaly fun.
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I have 3 drones which I use, one is a cheap 35 euro drone which I utilise for indoor flying and general casual use, I think its one of these, my second drone is a still relatively cheap beginner drone I use to teach other people how to fly outdoors. My third and best drone is a proper dji mini 4 pro drone which I am planning to utilise for professional work.
A drone works by having its frontal-left and rear-right propellers spin clockwise while making its frontal-right and rear-left propellers spin counterclockwise, this maintains a net torque between the lift generated by the 4 different propellers, to make a drone move exactly across the x and y axis, the drone increases the rpm of the propellers opposite to the desired direction of movement, e.g. if one wants a drone to move fordward, then the 2 rear propellers will speed up, this imbalance causes the net torque to form fordward to drone, thus meeting the desired result, if one wants to further increase the speed at which the drone moves towards that desired direction, then the 2 propellers opposite to the desired direction of the drone will speed up to a even greater extent, causing a even stronger disruption in the net torque achieved by the 4 propellers, moving it faster. To rotate the drone left or right across the x and y axis, the drone's clockwise propellers will speed up whilst the counterclockwise ones will slow down to turn right and vice versa to turn left. Lastly, to increase or decrease in elevation, the drone will simply just slow down or speed up all of its propellers to the point where it is lower/higher than the speed needed to sustain the weight of the drone.
As of 2024, there are 2 main different types of drones people purchase, regular drones and fpv drones, although both drones function in the same way described in the previous paragraph, regular drones are controlled using a traditional controller and a front camera pov, whilst fpv drones are controlled with the help of a vr headset, where the pilot gets to see the drone fly in first person and a lower focal lenght, which makes the flying experience even more immersive for the pilot and those spectating it. Although both types of drones have their pros and cons, traditional drones are usually used for static images and slower, more laid and cinematic back videos and images, whilst fpv drones are sometimes prefered for their faster speed and greater acceleration, dynamic and action full shots and generally more interactive experience, which has made them more of a recreational form of drone piloting in the eyes of many. P.s I mistyped shits instead of shots lol
