quadcopter
noun
quad·cop·ter
ˈkwäd-ˌkäp-tər 
plural quadcopters
: a drone (see drone entry 1 sense 2) deriving lift from four separate rotors each oriented about a vertical axis : quadrotor
It's a quadcopter, meaning it's a miniature helicopter with four rotors; basically it looks like a giant four-leaf clover designed by Darth Vader.—
Lev Grossman
Lev GrossmanA remote control quadcopter-type model helicopter flew directly through the U.S. Coast Guard base at the Arcata-Eureka Airport in McKinleyville on Saturday afternoon …—Eureka Times Standard (California)
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That has included how to kidnap Westerners for ransom, how to learn better military tactics, how to hide from drones and how to build their own small quadcopters.
—Tara Copp, arkansasonline.com, 2 Feb. 2025
Several startups are developing a new generation of autonomous aerial vehicles that more closely resemble airplanes than the small quadcopters that currently dominate the consumer drone industry.
—Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
For the study, the system was used to let a 69-year-old tetraplegic man steer a virtual quadcopter through a virtual indoor obstacle course.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 26 Jan. 2025
The signals are then sent to the computer and control the movement of a quadcopter through a virtual obstacle course.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
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Tara Copp, arkansasonline.com, 2 Feb. 2025
Several startups are developing a new generation of autonomous aerial vehicles that more closely resemble airplanes than the small quadcopters that currently dominate the consumer drone industry.
—Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
For the study, the system was used to let a 69-year-old tetraplegic man steer a virtual quadcopter through a virtual indoor obstacle course.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 26 Jan. 2025
The signals are then sent to the computer and control the movement of a quadcopter through a virtual obstacle course.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Quadcopter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quadcopter. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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