![]() ![]() I've been involved in RC flight for over 40 years, and never have I seen it been cast in such a negative light in all directions. So Why Do I & Other RC Aviation Hobbyists Get So Upset Over This Seemingly Harmless "RC Drone" Misnomer? A more accurate and descriptive term without the negative spin. Personally, I like the term "flying camera" for these fully autonomous quad copters. They work hard at that specific task and watching one these things following you around taking video and tracking you, is nothing short of science fiction becoming science fact. They are designed for one purpose, and that is to take stunning aerial photography & video. There are of course consumer based quad-rotor aircraft that can be classified as a drone, and these are the fully autonomous flying action cameras such as the DJI Mavic Pro, Air & Mini which have very sophisticated autonomous technology such as GPS positioning, follow me, and obstacle avoidance. The majority of true aerial drones weigh over 25 kg (generally much more in fact) and can fly for hours on end - can your little sub 1 pound RC quad-rotor do that? No, well guess what - it's not a drone.įully Autonomous DJI Mavic Pro Camera Drone.Drone after all is a "worker", the exact polar opposite of fun! Again, none of us in the hobby are doing that, we fly for fun & recreation and "drone" is simply the most incorrect thing anyone can call any of our RC aircraft. In short, they must perform some specific job and have a useful, commercial, or military application. ![]() All true flying drones MUST perform a specific flight mission whether that be aerial reconnaissance, camera/video imaging, atmospheric data acquisition, or search & rescue operations. It comes from the mention of the word "mission" in the first point. The next distinction is the single most important one that no true drone can be without.Yes, humans program a flight mission and can usually take over control when needed, but most of the time they are flying fully autonomously. Most aerial drones (not all however) are fully autonomous meaning they are essentially flying robots and need no human intervention for flight control.I suppose "RC Drone" just rolls off the tongue easier and is way easier to both market and sensationalize?Īn unmanned aircraft must meet certain criteria to be classified as a true drone. ![]() If media and marketing wanted recreational RC aircraft to sound cooler or more menacing, then at least call them a UAV, UAS, or an RPAS. ![]() They are all UA's (unmanned aircraft), or UAV's (unmanned aerial vehicles), or sUAS's (small unmanned aerial systems), or RPAS's (remotely piloted aerial systems). They are, all of them, run of the mill RC aircraft.īefore answering that, I should point out what all these aircraft (both RC & Drones) are.
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