The present disclosure discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising a housing having a top part and a bottom part, a plurality of arms arranged on the top part, a battery unit arranged within the housing, a processor arranged within the housing, a launching unit having a slide bar and a driving component, and a supporting component arranged on the housing to support the slide bar. One end the slide bar is rotatably connected to a pivot. The other end of the slide bar is slidably connected to the supporting component. The driving component is to actuate one of the slide bar and the supporting component to separate the slide bar from the supporting component. The slide bar is to rotate about the pivot after separating from the supporting component. An UAV readily configured for fishing can be provided by embodiments of the present disclosure.
