Drones or UAV’s do the aerial translation in different ways. for example gliding, rocket powered, turbine powered and with propellers. Basically, here we focusing about electric propulsion with Brushless motors to accommodate the required thrust for the system. Electric propulsion is the easiest and the most efficient ways to achieve small scale thrusts and speeds to an aerial platform. Gas turbine propulsion system are more suitable for extremely fast speeds high endurance requirements with large-scale vehicles.
main classification methods as follows
- Based on Landing method and Aerodynamics
- Mainly there are two types of aerial platform, which can take off land Vertically (VTOL) and Horizontal Take-Off and Landing (HTOL) or simply fixed wing aircrafts. This is the simplest as it can get. And there are some mimicking natural creatures as well
- Based on the weight
- Unconventional category of drones
- MAVs (Micro or Miniature Air Vehicles)
- NAVs (Nano Air Vehicles)
- PAVs (Pico Air Vehicles)
- VTOL (Vertical Take-Off & Landing)
- LASE (Low Altitude, Short-Endurance)
- LALE (Low Altitude, Long Endurance)
- MALE (Medium Altitude, Long Endurance)
- HALE (High Altitude, Long Endurance)
