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

A 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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Footage shared by the company shows a quadcopter crossing its path, catching fire and plummeting to the ground. —

Colin Demarest, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024 Researchers remotely control the claw while the quadcopter hovers in place. —

Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 10 Oct. 2024 The result is a quadcopter with folding rotors, a much larger beast than the usual pocket-sized camera drones, capable of carrying a 10-pound payload and with a flight endurance of up to 74 minutes. —

David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 Their final stop was a tent encampment somewhere in a strip of forest, but even there, Ivan spotted Ukrainian quadcopters overhead. —

Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for quadcopter