> 2. Can be smaller since they don't have to have space for humans to sit in them, which might increase ability to carry things, longer range etc. To an extent

> 2. Can be smaller since they don't have to have space for humans to sit in them, which might increase ability to carry things, longer range etc. To an extent, but the large the drone is (so it's more capable of range and payload capacity), the less the relative manned penalty is. > 3. Because humans don't have to be inside of them they can also go a higher speeds, maneuver faster without human body limitations Similar to above: the bigger the drone, the more they get constrained by other factors than the human body. A drone the size of a F-15 isn't going to be significantly more manueverable or faster than a F-15, simply because the G limit is in part due to the fact that plane can only be so strong, and the engines can only supply so much thrust.