drone

(noun)

1. name given by mainstream media to a type of radio-controlled consumer gadget known to RC community as multicopter (not to be confused with real drones in use by the military to conduct aerial surveillance or air strikes). Multicopters can carry small payloads like small video cameras for recording or for first-person-view (FPV) while flying. Common multicopters come with four (4) or six (6) identically sized rotors.

A civilian got arrested in the Capitol area for flying a drone in a restricted airspace.