Drone should be reserved for small and cheapish uavs.
why? drone is not a specific term either.
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Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 days agoYou’re right, but it seems like a poor word for it, not specific enough. Might as well just call it a machine. Drone should be reserved for small and cheapish uavs. Above that they would just be uav and then things like this would be unmanned aircaft.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 days ago
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Drone has been used for unmanned full sized aircraft since at least WW2. The first flight of the Interstate TDR was in 1942.