These tips can save many hours searching for useful information about civilian drones, UAVs, UASs and related topics.
Thinking of making a drone system (DIY)? Comments on DIY Drones blog posts offer much useful, focused information.
- Zoom in to any of the thousands of posts selected from DIY Drones by DroneSpeak staff. Unlike many online forums, the comments on DIY Drones blog posts are often constructive and informative.
- First, become familiar with the DroneSpeak hierarchy of terms, so you can quickly zoom to the term of your choice:
- From the top down, use the ‘DS Vocabulary Hierarchy’ menu that is available here and on sub-term pages;
- From the bottom up, use the “breadcrumbs” path near the top of every page.
- You may want to start from the top of the DroneSpeak Vocabulary’s hierarchy of pages:
- Click ‘DroneSpeak’ in the menu bar.
- Click unmanned vehicle system (UVS).
- Click unmanned aerial-vehicle system (UAS).
- Use the ‘DS Vocabulary Hierarchy’ menu to read about lower level DroneSpeak terms, for example:
- unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
- UAV autopilot
- UAV autopilot software
- UAV autopilot
- unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
- Use the ‘DS Vocabulary Hierarchy’ menu to read about lower level DroneSpeak terms, for example:
Quickly move between pages by using the “breadcrumbs” path near top of every page
- See example above on this page:
- DroneSpeak » DIY » Search for civilian drones information
- Click on any underlined text to go directly to the related page.
Don’t miss the many articles under the Archives menu!
- News items by category;
- Featured articles by DroneSpeak staff or other authors.
Find specific words on any page
- Windows OS users:
- Press and hold the CTRL key and F key to open a ‘Find’ bar.
- Enter a search term.
- Use arrow buttons to move to the next/previous occurrence.
- Apple OS users:
- Press and hold the ‘command’ key and F key to open the find bar.
- Enter a search term.
Search the Internet with advanced techniques
- Use a term(s) of your choice with these search pages, to remove unwanted results from your search:
- Google Advanced Search, or
- the More menu on Bing.
- Try searching with terms from the:
- DroneSpeak Terms glossary or
- the UVS Industry Terms glossary.
Translate from/to English
- Use Google Translate on any page.
- Select a language with the drop-down menu. The page is instantly translated, and a Google bar will appear.
- Help! How do I change back to English? Click the flag of Great Britain:
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