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2. Radio-controlled aircraft - Wikipedia

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   Auxiliary control – Additional channels can control additional servos for propeller pitch (such as on 3D planes), or control surfaces such as slats, spoilers, flaps, spoilerons, flaperons, or elevons. Misc – bomb bay doors, lights, remote camera shutter can be assigned to extra channels.

3. Uninterruptible autopilot - Wikipedia

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   The "uninterruptible" autopilot would be activated either by pilots, by onboard sensors, or remotely via radio or satellite links by government agencies, if terrorists attempt to gain control of a flight deck. [1] The pilots or hijackers would then be unable to regain control of the aircraft, which would automatically land safely.

4. Radio-controlled glider - Wikipedia

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   Most gliders feature three axes of control (aileron, elevator, and rudder), and often use flaperons to extend the capabilities of the airfoils for maximum aerobatic performance. Some of the most advanced slope aerobatics gliders feature all-moving elevators and rudders capable of 180* rotation, allowing them to perform "flips" around the pitch ...

5. History of unmanned aerial vehicles - Wikipedia

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   Control was achieved using gyroscopes developed by Elmer Sperry of the Sperry Gyroscope Company. [15] Later, in November 1917, the Automatic Airplane was flown for representatives of the US Army. This led the army to commission a project to build an "aerial torpedo", resulting in the Kettering Bug which first flew in 1918. While the Bug's ...

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7. Radio control - Wikipedia

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   Remote control military applications are typically not radio control in the direct sense, directly operating flight control surfaces and propulsion power settings, but instead take the form of instructions sent to a completely autonomous, computerized automatic pilot. Instead of a "turn left" signal that is applied until the aircraft is flying ...

8. Target practice: Fuselage from artillery training plane ... - AOL

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   The fuselage of a Remote Control Aerial Target (RCAT) drone plane washed up on Marconi Beach in Wellfleet last week. The plane was used for anti-aircraft artillery training at Camp Wellfleet, a ...

9. Unmanned aerial vehicles in the United States military

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   United States unmanned aerial vehicles demonstrators in 2005. As of January 2014, the United States military operates a large number of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, also known as Unmanned Aircraft Systems [UAS]): 7,362 RQ-11 Ravens; 990 AeroVironment Wasp IIIs; 1,137 AeroVironment RQ-20 Pumas; 306 RQ-16 T-Hawk small UAS systems; 246 MQ-1 Predators; MQ-1C Gray Eagles; 126 MQ-9 Reapers; 491 ...