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2. Radio-controlled aircraft - Wikipedia

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   A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is radio controlled by an operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter. The transmitter continuously communicates with a receiver within the craft that sends signals to servomechanisms (servos) which move the control surfaces based on ...

3. Landing gear - Wikipedia

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   The landing gear represents 2.5 to 5% of the maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) and 1.5 to 1.75% of the aircraft cost, but 20% of the airframe direct maintenance cost. A suitably-designed wheel can support 30 t (66,000 lb), tolerate a ground speed of 300 km/h and roll a distance of 500,000 km (310,000 mi) ; it has a 20,000 hours time between overhaul and a 60,000 hours or 20 year life time.

4. Conventional landing gear - Wikipedia

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   A Cessna 150 converted to taildragger configuration by installation of an aftermarket modification kit. Conventional landing gear, or tailwheel-type landing gear, is an aircraft undercarriage consisting of two main wheels forward of the center of gravity and a small wheel or skid to support the tail.

5. List of radio-controlled model aircraft kit manufacturers

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   Many notable individuals in the 1960s through the 1990s and beyond created the landscape of modern RC modeling. These included many starting their own companies. The families of many of these individuals lost interest in continuing these businesses. The incoming supply of ARF planes from overseas made it hard to sell kits requiring assembly.

6. List of model aircraft manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   Big Planes Kits (Ukraine) Bigmodel (Poland) Bílek (Czech Republic) Blue Bird (Japan) Blue Ribbon (Mexico) Blue Tank (Taiwan) Bobcat Hobby Model Kits (China) BorderModel (China) Brengun (Czech Republic) Brifaut (France) Bronco Models (Hong Kong, China) Bull Mark (Japan) Bushu (Germany) Buzco (USA) - re-boxed and issued Heller kits in the USA ...

7. Horizon Hobby - Wikipedia

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   The Horizon Hobby logo. Horizon Hobby, LLC is an American multinational hobby-grade RC radio control (RC) model, model train manufacturer, and distributor.It was founded by Rick Stephens, Janet Ottmers, Debra Love, and Eric Meyers, [1] in July 1985, [2] and headquartered in Champaign, Illinois. [3]

8. Tricycle landing gear - Wikipedia

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   Several early aircraft had primitive tricycle gear, notably very early Antoinette planes and the Curtiss Pushers of the pre-World War I Pioneer Era of aviation. Waldo Waterman's 1929 tailless Whatsit was one of the first to have a steerable nose wheel. [3] In 1956, Cessna introduced sprung-steel tricycle landing gear on the Cessna 172. Their ...

9. Radio-controlled model - Wikipedia

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   1:10 scale radio-controlled car (Saab Sonett II)A radio-controlled model (or RC model) is a model that is steerable with the use of radio control (RC). All types of model vehicles have had RC systems installed in them, including ground vehicles, boats, planes, helicopters and even submarines and scale railway locomotives.