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1.0 Background of Drone

The first stop in our drone history timeline is the very early history of drones. First, for those
who don’t know, it’s important to establish that the word “drone” simply refers to any aerial
vehicle that is unmanned.

That is, the pilot does not sit or stand within the vehicle itself.

By this definition, the earliest unmanned aerial vehicle in the history of drones was seen in
1839, when Austrian soldiers attacked the city of Venice with unmanned balloons filled with
explosives.

Some of these Austrian Balloons were successful, but a number of them blew back and bombed
the Austrians’ own lines, so the practice did not become widely adopted.

The invention of winged aircraft changed everything for manned and unmanned vehicles alike.

The Wright Brothers’ famous Kitty Hawk flight was in the autumn of 1900, and only 16 years
later Great Britain developed the first pilotless winged aircraft: the Ruston Proctor Aerial
Target.

The Aerial Target was based on designs by Nikola Tesla and was controlled with radio control
much like the drones of today (though the technology was much more rudimentary.)

The Aerial Target was essentially a flying bomb which England hoped to use to counter the
German Zeppelins, though its inventor thought it could also be used against ground targets.

However, after several failed prototype launches, the British military chose to scrap the project,
believing that unmanned aerial vehicles had limited military potential. How wrong they were.

A year later, an American alternative was created: the Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane. After
an impressive test before representatives of the US Army, a more advanced mass-producible
version was commissioned: the Kettering Bug.

The Bug was a marvel of 1918 technology, but it was developed too late to be used in the war
and was never deployed in combat.

UAV technology improved throughout World War II (which saw a number of technological
advancements as we all know) and into the Cold War as well.

But they were largely seen as unreliable and expensive novelties – nowhere near as reliable as
the exciting new innovations in manned aircraft like the Flying Fortress and the SR-71
Blackbird.
It’s known that both the US and the USSR used unmanned drones to some extent to spy on
each other during the Cold War, but the specifics are still classified and the leaked reports are
often contradictory.

What we do know is that modern drone warfare began in earnest in 1982, when Israel
coordinated the use of battlefield UAVs alongside manned aircraft to wipe out the Syrian fleet
with very minimal losses. The Israeli Air Force used military drones to recon the enemy’s
position, to jam communications, and to act as decoys that would prevent the loss of pilot life.

The technology was nothing new, but the IAF figured out how to use drone technology in a
way that would make operations more successful, and international interest in drone hardware
picked up significantly. The US, example, spent tens of millions of dollars on new drone
contracts in 1984.

Modern military drones typically serve one of two purposes. The first is combat surveillance,
in which a human pilot uses radio control to fly a drone to different waypoints to scan and mark
enemy positions.

The second is tactical reconnaissance, in which a mini drone (not much larger than the
commercial drones we write about here in most cases) flies on autopilot to predesignated
targets to take pictures before returning to a home base.

What about the famous MQ-1 Predator and the drone strikes we’ve heard so much about? Well,
it’s true that drones are often used for offensive actions, but their actual use in such cases and
the technology that allows drones to destroy targets is top secret in most cases. As for the
Predator itself, it was retired in 2019.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, the history of non-military drone use began in earnest
in 2006. Government agencies for disaster relief, border surveillance and wildfire fighting,
while corporations began using drones to inspect pipelines and spray pesticides on farms.

As unmanned aerial vehicle technology improved in the military sector, those same
technological improvements could be used in the private sector.

However, you may be surprised to hear that recreational drone use actually only took off (pun
intended) very recently, and it’s grown fast. One of the main reasons for this is that the Federal
Aviation Administration had to be convinced that commercial drones were safe to allow and
determine proper regulatory measures.

2006 was the first year that the FAA issued a commercial drone permit. They issued an average
of two of these permits a year for the next eight years – that was all that was requested.
Then, in 2013, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that the company was considering using
drones as a delivery method, igniting the public’s interest in drone history. In 2015, the FAA
issued 1000 drone permits, a number which more than tripled to 3100 permits in 2016 and
which has continued to grow in the time since.

Now that the technology’s growing exponentially, it’s hard to say what the future of our drone
history will look like. But we think we have a pretty good idea. We’ve studied and written
about some of the up-and-coming startups and drone companies that are leading the way in
2018.

Altair Aerial is creating easy-to-fly drones in the hopes of getting even more people into the
market with low-cost beginner-friendly UAV technology. The Chinese company EHANG
wants to turn drones into a taxi service and has built a quadcopter capable of carrying
passengers. And Flyability is leading the way to create drones that are able to operate indoors
in complex, confined spaces along with people.

Meanwhile, if you want to see what the commercial drone industry looks like in the present
day, you can check out the best drones currently for sale in our comprehensive product guide.
You might be surprised at the level of high technology on offer. Plus, drones are fun and useful
tools that everyone can enjoy.

2.0 Issues/problem/opportunities to be addressed

In this era of modern technology, people who are interested in playing drone, they do not know
how to choose and buy for their first flying drone. So, I saw many of them posted their question
in the forum. It is because there are various type of drone model and the price is also expensive.
They do not know which one is suitable for themselves as they are beginner and pretty new to
drone.

Therefore, I am here to make a video to share and guide them in choosing their first
drone. I hope that they can understand and afford to buy the drone as it would be the cheapest,
most worthy and user-friendly drone in the world.

3.0 Objective

1) To help people who want to play drone but they need some guides on choosing their drone.

2) To promote the drone, Dji Tello.

4.0 Plan and Script

Hello everyone, I want to show you this beginner drone, Dji Tello.

It has 13 minutes flight time.

Tello’s high-capacity battery offers an impressively long flight time, giving it one of the longest
flight times in the mini-drone category.

The interface of Tello's app is also easy to use.

Besides, it can capture photo with a camera of 5 mega pixel.

And it supports 720p HD recording.

And it has some flight modes which is making beginner more easier to record video.

Record a short video while spinning 360 degree in place.

In a nutshell, the price is only RM 350.

Thanks for watching.

5.0 Audio
https://youtu.be/hGvikZKHDNw