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At this point, it's not about quadcopters, it's just about the name. "Drones". The new sexy name for RC planes and helicopters/multirotors.

That can fly themselves and perform accurate 3D manoeuvres.

So can regular RC copters if you fit them with appropriate electronics.

Wouldn't it then be a drone?

It would. That's why I wrote, that "drone" is "the new sexy name for RC planes and helicopters/multirotors".