Originally Posted by
AllModesR/C
A drone is any unmanned remotely controlled aircraft.
Not just remotely controlled. A drone can be autonomous. That is, controlled by internal programming to follow a planned course. Our model airplanes are drones. And, the technology doesn't matter. FPV, R/C, Rubber Band free flight, turbine, rocket, sail planes, even control line planes are drones. If it weren't for section 336 of the 2012 FAA modernization act, our model airplanes would be subject to all of the UAS regulations that the FAA plans to write.