quadcopter

American  

[kwod-kop-ter] / ˈkwɒdˌkɒp tər /

Also quadricopter

noun

1. a rotorcraft with four arms, each with a propeller, one pair of which spins clockwise while the other spins counterclockwise, enabling the craft to hover and maintain stability.

   For aerial photography in mountainous regions, our drones of choice are small battery-powered quadcopters.

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Etymology

Origin of quadcopter

First recorded in 1920–25 (in the sense “manned rotocraft”); quad(ri-) ( def. ) + copter ( def. )

Example Sentences

In about a year, his infantry platoon went from having one kind of drone, a small quadcopter, to seven types to experiment with.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nicholas Cole Hagler lifted a C100 quadcopter—one of five drone systems the 22-year-old has been taught in quick succession.

From The Wall Street Journal

A tweet about Tuesday’s announcement included a video showing a spinning wheel with a Tesla logo that could have been the rotor of a Tesla eVTOL, or quadcopter drone.

From Barron's

"People grabbed boxes and sacks of flour and left, all under the surveillance of the Israeli quadcopter," they added.

From BBC

At 08:00 local time, the witness said, the Israeli military issued a warning via a quadcopter drone instructing people to head to the distribution centre, and that they began moving in an orderly way towards the area.

From BBC