POWER LINE INSPECTION VEHICLE

An exemplary unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV (10), mountable to a conductor of an aerial power transmission line system includes a body (12) having a rotor system (14), a motivation system (16) attached to the body (12) to motivate the UAV (10) along the conductor, a battery (18) carried by the body (12) and electrically connected to at least one of the rotor system (14) and the motivation system (16), a monitoring tool (20) mounted with the body (12) and an inductive coil (44) carried by the body (12) and in electric connection with the battery (18), wherein the inductive coil (44) is configured to harvest electricity from the aerial power transmission line system and charge the battery (18).