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Skydio X2
The Skydio X2 is an American teleoperated compact quadcopter Unmanned aerial vehicle, drone produced by Skydio. Introduced in July 2020, he X2 is intended for both military and civilian use and has also been produced in India by AeroArc. Design and development In 2020, Skydio announced the X2 series as an enlarged derivative of the Skydio 2 consumer drone for military and corporate use. Compared to the Skydio 2, the X2 features a strengthened Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer, carbon fiber airframe with folding arms. Flight time was increased to 35 minutes; up from the 23 minutes of its consumer counterpart. The X2 was initially released in two models; the X2D for military and government use and the X2E for first responders and civilian users. Both models were offered with two different camera configurations, designated Color and Color/Thermal. The Color/Thermal model features a Teledyne FLIR, FLIR Boson thermal camera with 8x digital zoom and a 12-megapixel color High dynami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aerial Photography
Aerial photography (or airborne imagery) is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other airborne platforms. When taking motion pictures, it is also known as aerial videography. Platforms for aerial photography include fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or "drones"), balloons, blimps and dirigibles, rockets, pigeons, kites, or using action cameras while skydiving or wingsuiting. Handheld cameras may be manually operated by the photographer, while mounted cameras are usually remotely operated or triggered automatically. Aerial photography typically refers specifically to bird's-eye view images that focus on landscapes and surface objects, and should not be confused with air-to-air photography, where one or more aircraft are used as chase planes that "chase" and photograph other aircraft in flight. Elevated photography can also produce bird's-eye images closely resembling aerial photography (despite not actually being aerial shots) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
