Currently, the tag drones has been created. The term drone is a commonly used phrase but is not the technically accurate term which is what should be used on Aviation.SE. Unmanned aerial vehicle or uav should be created and synonimized with drones.
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$\begingroup$ I definitely agree - my only question is should we distinguish between "UAV" (that which has a pilot playing video games on the ground to control it) and "Autonomous UAV" (that which attempts, usually poorly, to "see and avoid" on its own), or just put them all in the "UAV" bucket? $\endgroup$– voretaq7Commented Dec 25, 2013 at 18:42
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$\begingroup$ @voretaq7 I don't think that Autonomous is necessary, however it could be a good stand-alone tag and you could tag a question with both if needed. $\endgroup$– LnafzigerCommented Dec 27, 2013 at 1:14
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$\begingroup$ @lnafziger I'm generally thinking we can lump them all in one bucket (and clarify in the question) myself - but I'll be honest, most of my time thinking about UAVs is occupied with "How can I keep them the heck out of my airspace? New York is complicated and busy enough already!" so I'm certainly not qualified to speculate on them :) $\endgroup$– voretaq7Commented Dec 27, 2013 at 1:32
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$\begingroup$ @voretaq7 In contrast, my main thought these days is how do I get my UAV in the air? :) $\endgroup$– asheeshrCommented Dec 27, 2013 at 4:39
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$\begingroup$ It should be drone and not drones in plural. $\endgroup$– RobCommented Mar 4, 2014 at 16:46
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Yes, I think that unmanned-aerial-vehicle should be used, and since the UAV acronym is so commonly used, a tag synonym should be made for uav as well.
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1$\begingroup$ Currently [uav] and [drone] still exist. Could you tag-synonym them to [unmanned-aerial-vehicle]? $\endgroup$ Commented Mar 29, 2015 at 20:50
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As a side note, law makers are more an more using the acronym "RPAS" (remotely piloted air system). See e.g. the EU official RPAS webpage. Apparently this "remotely piloted" wording is more politically correct than "unmanned".
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1$\begingroup$ ...something-something unMANned KC-10 refueling something something... :-) My question is, are they trying to lead in to a scenario where the aircraft is remotely piloted, but there are actually people on board the thing? Crazy lawmakers.... $\endgroup$– voretaq7Commented Dec 27, 2013 at 1:35
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1$\begingroup$ @voretaq7: given how painful the legal process is for fully-unmanned RPAS, I'm pretty sure we wont be seeing that anytime soon and if we do, it will be most certainly not because of the lawmakers! Pilotless cargo planes are more likely -- FedEx is pushing a lot for that... $\endgroup$– abeyCommented Dec 27, 2013 at 5:51
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1$\begingroup$ "remotely piloted" is a better catch-all term than "unmanned", especially when you consider RC/hobby aircraft. somehow, joe blow flying his quadcopter in the park doesn't exactly qualify (in my mind) as "unmanned". $\endgroup$– ErichCommented Jan 30, 2015 at 4:56
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I may have used the drone tag first, and did so because of the common parlance. I wanted early users, especially in public-beta to easily tag things and keep moving / active on the site.
I'll go look to see if the various UAV tags are synonymized correctly with drone. If not, I think we are making a mistake until the synonyms are done right.
