How to Use quadcopter in a Sentence

quadcopter

noun

• Ukrainian soldiers remotely controlling quadcopters are now engaging in midair dogfights, searching for blind spots to knock out the rudders of uncrewed Russian crafts rigged with bombs.
  — Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2024
• Two of the four rotors of quadcopter drones can be faintly seen whirling on the edges of the screen.
  — Sebastien Roblin, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
• In the early days of the invasion, these quadcopters helped tank-hunting teams stalk their prey in cities and towns.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
• On one end of the room is a makeshift photo studio—a jet-black quadcopter drone sits on a long white sheet, waiting for its close-up.
  — Justin Ling, WIRED, 2 May 2024
• The bigger quadcopter has room for a beefier battery, one that can keep it in the air for up to 40 minutes of flying time.
  — Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 4 Jan. 2022
• Brandon reaches out his hand, allowing the quadcopter to land in his palm.
  — Elliott Ackerman, Wired, 30 Oct. 2020
• Here, students learn not just the ins and outs of piloting these quadcopters but also how the machines work and how to repair them.
  — Justin Ling, WIRED, 2 May 2024
• These small quadcopters help to fill a gap between larger military drones and soldiers in the field.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 24 May 2023
• Few bits of consumer tech have caught on more quickly than drones—also referred to as quadcopters or quads.
  — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
• The drones used in the demonstration look like normal quadcopters but with an extra component (a plug or jack).
  — Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 23 Aug. 2023
• Not every quadcopter on the market needs to be registered.
  — PCMAG, 15 Dec. 2022
• Imagine the delay if your quadcopter's live feed had to bounce off the cloud before a computer could calculate the safest route.
  — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2017
• Three weeks later, yet another quadcopter drone of the same kind was discovered on the rooftop of a building just across the Tigris River from the embassy.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2021
• Although much less capable than even a cheap DJI quadcopter, with a little work it can be assembled for half the cost.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• The cheap and widespread availability of quadcopters has changed how squads scout and fight, as hobbyist toys are turned by the tens of thousands into short-range eyes in the sky.
  — Popular Science, 29 Nov. 2023
• So, at $190, this great compact quadcopter is already priced at the low end of the spectrum among comparable models.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 22 Apr. 2021
• In the real world, the Islamic State has used off-the-shelf quadcopters equipped with small explosives to attack Iraqi troops, killing or wounding dozens of Iraqi soldiers.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2017
• The average life expectancy of a quadcopter remained around three flights.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 6 Feb. 2023
• In a farmer’s field an hour’s drive outside of Kyiv, a man in combat fatigues kneels in the dust like a supplicant, one arm raised to the heavens, holding a quadcopter on his outstretched palm.
  — WIRED, 25 July 2023
• Also, that is an alarmingly sultry voice for a quadcopter.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2023
• PCMag found the Mavic Mini to be a good, low-cost option for anyone wanting to try out a quadcopter for the first time, as users don't have to register the lightweight drone.
  — Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 25 Nov. 2022
• These quadcopters are effective but have very limited range and can only hit targets a mile or two away.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• This ends years in which the US Army struggled to find a quadcopter that works in the field, but didn’t have the risks associated with being an off-the-shelf toy pressed into military use.
  — Popular Science, 29 Nov. 2023
• Israel has hit Iranian defense sites with quadcopter drones several times over the past few years.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 30 Jan. 2023
• The commercial quadcopter seized by the Royal Navy is designed for reconnaissance flights, the ministry said.
  — Danica Kirka, ajc, 13 Feb. 2023
• The Impulse Space lander would then land propulsively under the power of four thrusters, similar in action to a quadcopter.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 July 2022
• Much of the attention in autonomous flight is on small drones: quadcopter machines and the like that lack a cockpit or pulleys designed for human limbs.
  — Gregory Barber, Wired, 20 Aug. 2020
• Standard consumer quadcopters like the ubiquitous DJI Mavic series are designed to be flown out of the box by an untrained user.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• In the intervening time, Tolchinsky says that steady improvements in quadcopter design have narrowed the gap.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
• The Ukrainians have been using consumer quadcopters to drop grenades since the start of the conflict, and operators are now skilled enough to drop bombs into trenches and foxholes and through open tank hatches.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 23 Oct 2024