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Re:Lake fire grew after private drone flights disrupted air ... by pmorici on Thursday June 25, 2015 @11:29PM (#9782327)
That was my first thought too but the article says the drone in question had a 4 foot wing span which is pretty large. So it wasn't just some time quad copter in this case.
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Re:Lake fire grew after private drone flights disrupted air ... by dzhiurgis on Friday June 26, 2015 @12:14AM (#9782455)
If it's not a quad copter (drone), then it's model airplane/glider. These are usually are made from balsa and can be broken with a finger.
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Re:Lake fire grew after private drone flights disrupted air ... by nether on Friday June 26, 2015 @12:17AM (#9782463)
"Drones" can be fixed-wing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_D-21
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Re:Lake fire grew after private drone flights disrupted air ... by dzhiurgis on Friday June 26, 2015 @12:22AM (#9782477)
Enough with stupid naming. Drone is autonomous, typically military assault aircraft.

Calling quad copters & model airplanes drones is silly.

Wiki redirects drone to UAV. We do not call toy cars vehicles, so why do we call toy planes vehicles?

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Re:Lake fire grew after private drone flights disrupted air ... by gscott on Friday June 26, 2015 @02:05AM (#9782714)
I agree "drone" has a scary ring to it because we use drones to bomb people.
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