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Data from Bell UH-1Y guide, International Directory of Civil Aircraft General characteristics Crew: 2 (pilot and co-pilot) Capacity: 6,660 lb (3,021 kg) / up to ten crashworthy passenger seats equivalent cargo Length: 58 ft 4 in (17.78 m) Height: 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) Empty weight: 11,840 lb (5,371 kg) Max takeoff weight: 18,500 lb (8,391 kg) Powerplant: 2 × General Electric T700-GE-401C ...
Radio controls generally have two sticks used to control the movement of the helicopter. On a 4-channel transmitter, there are four different modes in which the control sticks can be set: [16] Mode 1 – the left stick controls pitch and yaw movements, while the right stick controls throttle and roll movements.
UAV ground control station (GCS) is a land- or sea-based control centre that provides the facilities for human control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or "drones"). [1] It may also refer to a system for controlling rockets within or above the atmosphere , but this is typically described as a Mission Control Centre .
RCA radio controlled car. Dayton, Ohio, 1921. In 1904, Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo was developing a radio-based control system he named Telekino.He chose to conduct an initial test in the form of a three-wheeled land vehicle (), which had an effective range of 20 to 30 meters, the first known example of an unmanned ground vehicle.
It is primarily used for covert operations related to protecting International Rescue as well as support for land and air-based rescues. The cockpit section doubles as a high-speed "Shadow Bike" motorcycle which can be dropped to the ground from the craft's fuselage when aerial pursuit becomes impractical while remaining in remote control contact.
Launch unit for the Switchblade 300. Compressed air is used to expel the drone from the tube. The Switchblade uses the same Ground Control Station (GCS) as other AeroVironment UAVs, including the Wasp, RQ-11 Raven, and RQ-20 Puma. This creates a commonality and the potential for teaming of longer-endurance small UAVs to recon for targets, then ...
A British MQ-9A Reaper operating over Afghanistan in 2009. An unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone, fighter drone or battlefield UAV, is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is used for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance and carries aircraft ordnance such as missiles, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), and/or bombs in hardpoints ...
Revealed at the 1964 Earls Court Show, it was the final development of Velocette's antiquated pushrod single, the Venom. [4] Sometimes referred to as the Venom Thruxton or simply Thruxton, some surviving examples could be 'upgraded' replicas based on the Venom or Viper, as many parts in the range were