quadcopter
noun/ˈkwɒdkɒptə(ɹ)/
Etymology From quad- + copter.
1
A rotorcraft propelled by four rotors.
- In April, as an Air Canada Jazz flight was landing at Trudeau Airport, a drone came so close the pilot was able to identify it as a quadcopter.2017 October 17, Christina Caron, “After Drone Hits Plane in Canada, New Fears About Air Safety”, in New York Times:
- he saw, sweeping back and forth over the treetops, a sleek-looking quadcopter drone.2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 235: