Commercial and consumer drones

List of tables and figures

Tables
Table 1: How civilian drones need to improve
Table 2: Drone classifications in France pursuant to the Order of 11 April 2012 on civil UAV design and conditions for their use
Table 3: Main features of consumer and professional drones
Table 4: Comparison of a selection of consumer drones
Table 5: Comparison of a selection of professional-grade drones
Table 6: Comparison of the different versions of Wi-Fi used by drones
Table 7: How civilian drones need to improve
Table 8: Status of civilian drone regulations across Europe
Table 9: The 10 rules for flying a hobby drone in France
Table 10: Flight scenarios defined by French regulation

Figures
Figure 1: The drone market value chain
Figure 2: Growth of civilian drone market value between 2014 and 2020
Figure 3: The range of different drones according to US classifications
Figure 4: A multi-rotor fixed-wing drone
Figure 5: A fixed-wing drone
Figure 6: Example of a low-end consumer drone (FAZE RTF Hobbyzone)
Figure 7: The Bebop Drone from Parrot
Figure 8: The Safran Patroller S, on the cusp civilian and military UAV
Figure 9: senseFly cameras, from Parrot’s professional drone applications division
Figure 10: The Parrot Skycontroller (left) and DJI flight controller (right)
Figure 11: Delair-Tech DT-18 ground control station
Figure 12: The Parrot Rolling Spider control interface, enabling in-flight acrobatics
Figure 13: AirDog, funded on Kickstarter
Figure 14: AR.FlyingAce: augmented reality aerial combat application
Figure 15: AR.Race
Figure 16: Inspection of the Millau viaduct by a drone
Figure 17: Drones used by ERDF to inspect overhead power lines
Figure 18: How drones can help with precision farming
Figure 19: Use of the eBee drone in precision farming
Figure 20: Director Sebastien Montaz-Rosset filming Summits of My Life, with a little help from a drone
Figure 21: The “parcelcopter” prototype use by DHL
Figure 22: The Amazon drone: an octocopter with 8 electric motors, sensors and GPS
Figure 23: The drone market value chain
Figure 24: Where the world’s top 200 civilian drone manufacturers are located
Figure 25: The eBee civilian professional-grade drone
Figure 26: A Delair-Tech turnkey solution: the Big Mapper Package
Figure 27: The Delta Drone solution
Figure 28: The DVF 2000 UAV
Figure 29: The Copter 4 UAV
Figure 30: Redbird’s solutions: from data acquisition to processing
Figure 31: Rules and recommendations for recreational drone users in the US
Figure 32: Growth of civilian hobby drones worldwide between 2014 and 2020
Figure 33: Growth of civilian commercial drones worldwide between 2014 and 2020
Figure 34: Growth of the civilian drone market value between 2014 and 2020