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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.



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?


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




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