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Old 01-09-2016, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Vettster
No they are not. Only an FPV'er would say that. We all know what a drone is..
Do we?

I suggest that you check the dictionary definition of "Drone" as it relates to flying machines and post the result here.

You might be surprised and the word 'Drone' existed with this definition long before multi rotors hit the hobby scene.

Try here for starters...

http://www.yourdictionary.com/drone

Popular Science Magazine, November 1946... 'Drones, as the radio controlled aircraft are called...'

Interesting eytmology too. The word Drone was first applied to fixed wing radio controlled aircraft 80 years ago.

In 1935, U.S. Adm. William H. Standley saw a British demonstration of the Royal Navy's new remote-control aircraft for target practice, the DH 82B Queen Bee. Back stateside, Standley charged Commander Delmer Fahrney with developing something similar for the Navy. "Fahrney adopted the name 'drone' to refer to these aircraft in homage to the Queen Bee,"
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