The flight modality of the UAV fixed-wing is optimized, in particular for the professional use of data and their topographic reproduction, with high quality and precision in three dimensions
FREMONT, CA: The UAV poses immense potential in terms of precision and performance, allowing not only to minimize operating costs concerning conventional aircraft or helicopters but also to intervene in conditions where it may not be practical to operate an aircraft with a pilot on board. There are also variations between aircraft that make them more or less suited to a given operation.
The five advantages of fixed-wing UAV:
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Larger Areas Covered In Less Time: The fixed-wing UAV allows surfaces of up to 10 km2 to be surveyed with a single flight, efficiently achieving operating height and retaining high efficiency; on the contrary, a multi-copter UAV needs a continuous pit stop and more extended periods to regain the working point from which the mission can be restarted.
Enhanced Quality Of The Photographic Result: The quality of the images for professional and technological use depends very much on the lighting conditions, which often change during a single flight; the ability of a fixed-wing UAV to be surveyed in a short time and with consistency in vast areas, allows for greater uniformity of the images taken and therefore a high quality of the final result.
Extended Flight Autonomy: Fixed-wing UAVs can fly for about 45 minutes in a row, whereas multi-copters UAVs typically have more limited autonomy (usually about 10-15 minutes, take-off and landing operations included).
Remove The Noise in the Taken Images: Fixed-wing UAV can also fly without propeller propulsion (as a glider): this potentiality, which is not available for multi-copter drones, ensures higher flight safety and is further utilized while shooting: the engine is shut down and therefore the possible physical and electromagnetic noises, which can affect the quality of the picture taken, are reduced.
Imoroved Control of Flight Parameters: The UAV fixed wings allow them to keep constant and controlled key parameters that can affect the flight. This fact also allows to monitor the shooting precision; the UAV multi-copters, because they cannot normally coordinate the shooting modality with the flight parameters, do not allow to guarantee images analogous to each other in typology and quality.
