If that&#x27;s your definition of &quot;drone&quot; then have all RC aircraft have magically become &quot;drones&quot; since the media started using the word? What about kites? Model rockets? Birthday balloons?Frisbees? Boomerangs?<p>I&#x27;m not saying you&#x27;re right or wrong, but it&#x27;s clear that right now there&#x27;s no community consensus on the technical definition of &quot;drone&quot; anything more rigorous than the &quot;I don&#x27;t know what obscenity is, but  know it when I see it&quot; argument.<p>Does a &quot;drone&quot; need to be autonomous? Does it need to carry a camera? Does it need to be a multirotor? Is there a size limit? Is my 1.5oz CX10 a &quot;drone&quot;? My ~1kg GPS guided autonomous quadrotor? Where&#x27;s the line? How about my 450g non-autonomous FPV one? Or my 320g one that doesn&#x27;t even have a camera?<p>Was the heli pilot any more at-risk that if it&#x27;s been a buzzard or a goose?<p>(Note: I think the guy was a jerk for being up at 7-800 feet with a chopper nearby, but nobody died - there&#x27;s no suggestion that anybody even came close to dying. Is the situation and it&#x27;s outcome any worse than it he&#x27;d been somewhat recklessly driving at 90mph on the highway rather than somewhat recklessly flying at 800 feet over it? If you do 90 in your car and hit someone, they hold you accountable. If you do 90 in your car and don&#x27;t hit anyone else but happen to be observed by the police, they don&#x27;t penalise you as though you just killed someone, they write you a ticket. Should this guy be treated any differently?)