copter

noun cop·ter \ ˈkäp-tər \

|Updated on: 18 Jun 2018

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Definition of copter

: helicopter

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Examples of copter in a Sentence

copters from the local TV stations made the obligatory reports on the bumper-to-bumper traffic at the start of the holiday weekend

Recent Examples of copter from the Web

In this video, part 10 of a continuing series, the DIY eight-prop copter finally gets off the ground with a pilot at the helm.

— eric limer, Popular Mechanics, "You Couldn't Pay Me to Fly This DIY Multicopter," 20 July 2016
The small copter -- its main body will be about the size of a softball -- will be attached to the rover's belly pan.

— jason hanna, CNN, "NASA sending helicopter to Mars, aiming for an aviation first," 12 May 2018
The copter also sports twin blades that rotate 10 times faster than helicopter’s here on our planet.

— loren grush, The Verge, "The Mars Helicopter is happening, y’all," 11 May 2018
The Navy plans to buy 200 of the copters known as the King Stallion.

— courant.com, "Sikorsky's Marine Copter Slipping Behind Schedule, Pentagon Says," 25 Apr. 2018
Drones come in many forms, from tiny quad-rotor copter toys to missile-firing winged planes, or even 7-ton aircraft that can stay aloft for 34 hours at a stretch.

— jeremy straub, Smithsonian, "Would You Trust Drone Software to Pilot Your Flight?," 20 Apr. 2018
After maneuvering away from the drone, the copter’s tail hit brush or a tree as the instructor attempted to land.

— alan levin, The Seattle Times, "Drone collisions and close calls underscore growing risks," 17 Feb. 2018
It was developed in just three months by the planemaker’s Phantomworks unit, but the multi-copter vehicle could evolve into the airborne equivalent of a pick-up truck.

— Bloomberg.com, "Boeing Is Getting Ready to Sell Flying Taxis," 1 Mar. 2018
Aurora has been inventing autonomous vehicles since the late 1980s, and its portfolio of novel flying machines includes a two-seat robotic copter known as an eVTOL (an abbreviation for electric vertical take-off and landing).

— Bloomberg.com, "Boeing Is Getting Ready to Sell Flying Taxis," 1 Mar. 2018

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