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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The officials said the blitz was highly sophisticated, and that the Pentagon is unsure whether the quadcopter drones, which were prepositioned in Russia in cabins and then offloaded into trucks, were piloted or autonomous.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025
Typical flying drones like quadcopters may be able to carry loads from above decently well, but DRAGON can approach objects from nearly any angle: above, below, or next to in order to interact with them.
—Joe Salas
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
Foreign allies may not provide the help needed, but a fleet of scout/bomber quadcopters with precision weapons could rapidly chew up a Russian invasion.
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—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
But a similar attack might succeed in implanting malware into the drones themselves, with potentially catastrophic results for 200,000 Russian DJI quadcopters.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025
Typical flying drones like quadcopters may be able to carry loads from above decently well, but DRAGON can approach objects from nearly any angle: above, below, or next to in order to interact with them.
—Joe Salas
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
Foreign allies may not provide the help needed, but a fleet of scout/bomber quadcopters with precision weapons could rapidly chew up a Russian invasion.
Follow me on Twitter.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
But a similar attack might succeed in implanting malware into the drones themselves, with potentially catastrophic results for 200,000 Russian DJI quadcopters.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Quadcopter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quadcopter. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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