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Re:Drone Bubble Bursts, Wiping Out Startups and Hammering VC... by grogenaut on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @10:49PM (#20883460)
The motor to run the drones was expensive till they became mass produced and dropped in price. Same for the batteries. DJI Drones aren't exactly cheap either.

also I believe if you want to be pedantic, if it runs on combustion it's a engine. if electric then a motor.

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Re:Drone Bubble Bursts, Wiping Out Startups and Hammering VC... by eitland on Thursday September 05, 2019 @02:18AM (#20884277)
> also I believe if you want to be pedantic, if it runs on combustion it's a engine. if electric then a motor.

I think that might be less general than you think: General Motors hasn't exactly been known for their electric motors the last few decades.

Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine

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Re:Drone Bubble Bursts, Wiping Out Startups and Hammering VC... by twic on Thursday September 05, 2019 @06:49AM (#20885456)
"Motor" is commonly used for rockets too, eg:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_rocket_motor_classificat...

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Re:Drone Bubble Bursts, Wiping Out Startups and Hammering VC... by dredmorbius on Thursday September 05, 2019 @11:13AM (#20887523)
The motor/engine dichotomy is blurry at best.

However "reciprocating engine" has a clear usage preponderance over "reciprocating motor":

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=reciprocating%...

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