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For "quad-coptor" substitute multi-rotor (not all are quads). The fact that you associate the term "drone" with hobby aircraft is a sad inditement of todays "p
by scoot 7y ago
For "quad-coptor" substitute multi-rotor (not all are quads).
The fact that you associate the term "drone" with hobby aircraft is a sad inditement of todays "press", who, in their attempt to demonise said multi-rotors (or to downplay the rise of the military drone?) have managed to confuse the general public as to the difference.
- prawn 7y agoI think you ascribe too much malice to the press here. Drone is what the public understand them to be called. I fly a drone and that's the term used by everyone who raises the topic with me. I don't know that they led by the press, though it'd obviously be a feedback loop.
- ClumsyPilot 7y agoI consider press super-ignorant, rather than malevolent, but I sympathise with your frustration.