AFT UAV

AFT UAVs are Chinese UAVs developed by Beijing Always Flying Technology Co., Ltd. (AFT, 北京安翔动力科技有限公司), which is in the business of being an original equipment manufacturer and providing subsystem such as autopilots to other major UAV manufacturers in China. Recently, AFT has expanded its business into UAV arena based on the experience gained in the past by developing its own brand of UAVs. As of 2013, three of its products have been publicized.

Free Bird

Free Bird is a Chinese micro air vehicle (MAV) constructed of composite epoxy material. Free Bird has a conventional layout with T-tail, and propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller driven by a pusher engine installed behind the wing. Free Bird is intended for various military and civilian applications. Specification:

Aft

Aft, in naval terminology, is an adjective or adverb meaning, towards the stern (rear) of the ship, when the frame of reference is within the ship. Example: "Able Seaman Smith; lay aft!". Or; "What's happening aft?"

Aft also describes the direction of movement within an aircraft; that is, towards the tail. Example: "Let's go aft." Meaning to pull back on the yoke. It may also describe the back/tail location or region within an aircraft cabin. Example: "Aft lavatory."

The difference between aft and stern is that aft is the inside (onboard) rearmost part of the vessel, while stern refers to the outside (offboard) rearmost part of the vessel.

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AFT

Aft is a naval term meaning towards the stern (rear) of the ship.

AFT may also refer to:

Unmanned aerial vehicle

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, as an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), and also referred by several other names, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. The flight of UAVs may be controlled with various kinds of autonomy : either by a given degree of remote control from an operator, located on the ground or in another vehicle, or fully autonomously, by onboard computers.

Historically, UAVs were simple remotely piloted aircrafts, but autonomous control is increasingly being employed : UAV stands nowadays at the crossroads of aviation, electromagnetics, radiocommunication, computer science, avionics, automation, cybernetics, and even core fields of artificial intelligence such as computer vision, decision-making, machine learning and robotics.

UAVs are often preferred for missions that are too "dull, dirty or dangerous" for manned aircrafts. They have and are mostly found in military and special operation applications. Though, UAVs are increasingly finding uses in civil applications, such as policing and surveillance, aerial filming and hobbyist FPV racing.

UAV (disambiguation)

A UAV is an unmanned aerial vehicle, commonly known as a drone.

UAV may also refer to:

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