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		dzhiurgis on June 26, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lake fire grew after private drone flights disrupt... If it's not a quad copter (drone), then it's model airplane/glider. These are usually are made from balsa and can be broken with a finger.

nether on June 26, 2015 [–]

"Drones" can be fixed-wing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_D-21

dzhiurgis on June 26, 2015 | [–]

Enough with stupid naming. Drone is autonomous, typically military assault aircraft.

Calling quad copters & model airplanes drones is silly.

Wiki redirects drone to UAV. We do not call toy cars vehicles, so why do we call toy planes vehicles?

gscott on June 26, 2015 | | [–]

I agree "drone" has a scary ring to it because we use drones to bomb people.

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