A very common category of a Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS)which  has 4 rotors positioned on a horizontal plane like a helicopter. The varying speed of the rotors achieves both the direction of [..]

A multi-rotor aircraft having six rotors in which the beauty and advantage of the hexicopter is that it can lose any single engine and still maintain control to land.

This describes any unmanned aerial vehicle.

Global Positioning System

Acronym for Aerial Photography, as the quadcoptor

Acronym for “First Person View.” This is also known as “Remote Person View” (RPV). The FPV is situated on a camera

This device measures the angular velocity and helps to maintain the orientation of the quadcopter while in flight. In most cases, quadcopters

This is a network of controls that is interconnected and allows the pilot to fly the quadcopter or any other multi-rotor

A device that measures the acceleration forces in a certain direction. These devices are used to stabilize quadcoptors, many times in windy conditions

The handheld device that is used by the drone pilot that is used to control the drone and the quadcopter. Controllers are also called transmitters