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Download or read book Drones written by Brian Halliday and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-29 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drones: Mastering Flight Techniques is a complete guide to flying your drone. Created as a standalone book, it is also the natural follow on to the first book in the series Drones: The Professional Drone Pilot's Manual and was designed to support and guide you as you build on your piloting experience. Within Drones: Mastering Flight Techniques You will learn how to grow your confidence with proven and practised flight techniques that also add to and enhance your current skill-set. Within the book you will learn many flight and filming techniques, some industry specific but many that can be applied to multiple situations.There are step by step methods for the following: Numerous "reveal" shot techniques. General drone filming and photography methods. How to film moving targets with examples. Tried and tested methods for creating professional surveys, map making and 3D models- along with examples. Racing drone flight techniques. As well as a multitude of flight techniques there are also sections dedicated to good airman-ship, airworthiness, what to do in the event of a crash and weather conditions. The book also contains actual worked examples and finishes with some further tips and FAQs. As UAV/Drone Pilots it is important that we fly safely at all times, this book was written with the hopes of not only increasing your skill as a drone pilot, but also to ensure that you get the most out of your drone. Have fun and fly responsibly. Brian Halliday is a lifelong aircraft enthusiast and has been operating drones as a Commercial UAV Pilot for 5 years, maintaining, modifying and flying a wide range of UAVs. His main works include mapping natural areas and nature reserves in the name of conservation and maintenance and contributing to wildlife informational productions and projects.

Download or read book Drone written by Hugh Gusterson and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drone warfare described from the perspectives of drone operators, victims of drone attacks, anti-drone activists, international law, military thinkers, and others. "[A] thoughtful examination of the dilemmas this new weapon poses." —Foreign Affairs Drones are changing the conduct of war. Deployed at presidential discretion, they can be used in regular war zones or to kill people in such countries as Yemen and Somalia, where the United States is not officially at war. Advocates say that drones are more precise than conventional bombers, allowing warfare with minimal civilian deaths while keeping American pilots out of harm's way. Critics say that drones are cowardly and that they often kill innocent civilians while terrorizing entire villages on the ground. In this book, Hugh Gusterson explores the significance of drone warfare from multiple perspectives, drawing on accounts by drone operators, victims of drone attacks, anti-drone activists, human rights activists, international lawyers, journalists, military thinkers, and academic experts. Gusterson examines the way drone warfare has created commuter warriors and redefined the space of the battlefield. He looks at the paradoxical mix of closeness and distance involved in remote killing: is it easier than killing someone on the physical battlefield if you have to watch onscreen? He suggests a new way of understanding the debate over civilian casualties of drone attacks. He maps “ethical slippage” over time in the Obama administration's targeting practices. And he contrasts Obama administration officials' legal justification of drone attacks with arguments by international lawyers and NGOs.

Download or read book The Handbook of Drone Photography written by Chase Guttman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drones are the next frontier in photography. This cutting-edge technology, still unexplored by the masses, can bring visual artistry to new and exciting heights. The Handbook of Drone Photography will be the go-to manual for consumers wishing to harness the power of drones to capture stunning aerial photographs. This book covers everything one needs to choose the right drone, to get airborne, and to capture and share incredible content. With easy and straightforward instruction, the text will familiarize readers with their craft and its controls. Readers will master drones’ extraordinary image-capturing capabilities and review detailed photography tips that can bring their artistic vision to life. For the first time, aerial photography is open to everyone, and award-winning travel photographer Chase Guttman will guide readers’ drone ventures from beginning to end. The Handbook of Drone Photography can help anyone break into this thrilling, high-potential space and launch their own lofty explorations today.

Download or read book Drone written by Mike Maden and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With “an unforgettable cast of characters” (W.E.B. Griffin) and nonstop action, Mike Maden’s Drone kicks off an explosive thriller series exploring the hard realities of drone warfare. Troy Pearce is the CEO of Pearce Systems, a private security firm specializing in drone technologies. A former CIA SOG operative, Pearce used his intelligence and combat skills to hunt down America’s enemies—until he opted out, having seen too many friends sacrificed for political expediency. Now Pearce and his team choose which battles they will take on. Pearce is done with the United States government for good, until a pair of drug cartel hit men assault a group of American students on American soil. New U.S. president Margaret Myers secretly authorizes Pearce Systems to locate and destroy the killers wherever they are. Now Pearce and his team are in a showdown with the hidden powers behind the El Paso attack—unleashing a host of unexpected repercussions.

Download or read book The Good Drone written by Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How small-scale drones, satellites, kites, and balloons are used by social movements for the greater good. Drones are famous for doing bad things: weaponized, they implement remote-control war; used for surveillance, they threaten civil liberties and violate privacy. In The Good Drone, Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick examines a different range of uses: the deployment of drones for the greater good. Choi-Fitzpatrick analyzes the way small-scale drones--as well as satellites, kites, and balloons--are used for a great many things, including documenting human rights abuses, estimating demonstration crowd size, supporting anti-poaching advocacy, and advancing climate change research. In fact, he finds, small drones are used disproportionately for good; nonviolent prosocial uses predominate.

Download or read book Drones written by Brian Halliday and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brilliantly received series Drones is back with the greatly anticipated and possibly controversial Drones: Fly Your Drone Anywhere Without Getting Busted, which was written to accompany the previous titles in the series Drones: The Professional Drone Pilot's Manual and Drones: Mastering Flight Techniques. Drones: Fly Your Drone Anywhere Without Getting Busted is essential reading for both Commercial UAV Operators and hobbyists alike who wish to get the most out of their chosen aircraft without the worry that sometimes comes with operating in certain areas. The book covers legal methods and proven techniques that will allow you to safely fly anywhere, IF done so correctly. Throughout what promises to be an interesting read you will learn about: -The Air Navigation Order, primarily Articles 94 and 95 and using them to your advantage. -Applying to the CAA for extended permissions (for Commercial UAV Operators). -How to file a NOTAM. -Establishing area as under your control. -How to quickly establish control over local buildings. -How to legally operate in a neighbourhood. -Incriminating Evidence. -Contacting ATCU, aerodromes, and MATZs. -The Crow Act. This is not just a collection of useful information, guidelines, and tips on flying your drones; it is also an important tool that will help you to gain a strong foundation and correct mindset towards drone use and was designed to support and guide you as you build on your piloting experience. Have fun and fly free.

Download or read book Drones written by Brian Halliday and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best selling series Drones begins with the first book in the series Drones: The Professional Drone Pilot's Manual. Drones are everywhere, we all love them. Professional drones operators have a lot to consider before starting their commercial drone project, there's even more to consider when the time comes to prepare for your first contract. That's why I wrote this book. When I first set out on my journey to become a professional drone pilot I had little guidance, I learnt things the hard way but you don't have to. Drones; The Professional Pilot's Manual was written with the aim of providing prospective pilots all the knowledge I wish someone had given me when I first started out. In this book you will learn about; Different types of drones The varying ways drones are used in commercial projects Authoring Flight Reference Cards Your Operating Safety Case Rules and Regulations Generating Clients Quality Control Flight Tips Drones: The Professional Pilot's Manual is the first of a series of short books that together will cover every aspect of the world of drones and their limitless application. Please enjoy.