Aircraft

[BigV]

What is the difference between a unmanned aircraft and a remotely piloted aircraft?

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by BigV

What is the difference between a unmanned aircraft and a remotely piloted aircraft?

I'd be inclined to say none.

There's probably an element of managing public perception going on.
A remotely piloted aircraft sounds better than an unmanned aircraft which in turn sounds better, and less threatening, than drone.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by BigV

What is the difference between a unmanned aircraft and a remotely piloted aircraft?

Whether you control it by a ground-based set of flight controls (remote pilot), or by telling it where to go, and letting it figure out the details (unmanned).


(that said, I don't know whether that's the distinction in that case.)