A radio-controlled glider is a type of radio-controlled aircraft that normally does not have any form of propulsion. They are able to sustain continuous...
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Dynamic soaring (section Radio-controlled gliders)
the technique is mainly of use to birds and operators of radio-controlled gliders, but glider pilots are sometimes able to soar dynamically in meteorological...
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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...
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Model aircraft (redirect from Model glider)
Radio-controlled aircraft Radio-controlled glider Radio-controlled helicopter Radio-controlled model Simple Plastic Airplane Design Walkalong glider Scott...
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Aviation portal Flight Gliding flight Radio-controlled glider Unpowered aircraft Underwater glider Boomerang FAA Glider handbook Archived 2009-02-06 at the...
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aircraft Unpowered flying toys and models Paper plane Radio-controlled glider Aviation portal "FAA Glider handbook" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original...
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Hang gliding (redirect from Hang glider)
aircraft was controlled by weight shift and is similar to a modern hang glider. Hang gliding saw a stiffened flexible wing hang glider in 1904, when...
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H during the Italian campaign. She was badly damaged by German radio-controlled glider bombs during the landings at Salerno and spent most of the next...
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Variometer (section Radio controlled soaring)
used in radio controlled gliders may or may not feature total energy compensation. Variometers are not essential in radio controlled gliders; a skilled...
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Hobie 33 ultralight-displacement sailboat and a mass-produced radio-controlled glider, the Hobie Hawk. Hobart Laidlaw Alter was born and raised in Ontario...
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Henschel Hs 293 (redirect from Henschel Hs293 A-1 Glider Bombs)
exploding in the ship's wake did cause damage. The Henschel HS 293 Radio-controlled glider bomb Archived 2012-09-10 at archive.today Scutts, Jerry: Dornier...
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Gliding flight (section Glider aircraft)
as a rotary glider, or gyroglider. Military glider Paper aeroplane Radio-controlled glider Rocket glider Wingsuit The main human application is currently...
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Ridge lift (category Radio-controlled aircraft)
Unpowered glider air sport Paragliding – Soaring with a paraglider Radio-controlled glider – Type of radio-controlled aircraft Controllable slope soaring –...
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A Discus Launch Glider (DLG) is a radio controlled model sailplane launched using a 'discus launch' in which the glider is held by a wingtip and the flier...
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pioneer in radio-controlled (R/C) model aviation. The son of Rod Smith, an early inventor of R/C equipment, Mark began building hand-launch gliders in the...
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provides water. The park is also popular with flyers of kites and radio-controlled gliders. Impressive views across the surrounding countryside can be seen...
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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...
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Group, a British insurance company Discus Launch Glider, a type and discipline of radio controlled glider DLG was the US Navy Hull Classification symbol...
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alters the control decisions by the kited hang glider pilot. Instruction for controls is available for new winch operators and hang glider pilots who...
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perform aerobatics, Mark Smith of Escondido, California built radio-controlled gliders that looked like real seagulls from a few feet away. This footage...
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14, 1975, issued September 6, 1977 Lift (force) Plasma actuator Radio-controlled glider Simple Plastic Airplane Design Wing Example of discussion at RC...
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Corregidor - Flying boat/patrol bomber Culver TDC - Radio-controlled drone Culver TD2C - Radio-controlled drone Curtiss F11C Goshawk - Biplane fighter Curtiss...
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Torrey Pines Gliderport (redirect from Torrey Pines Glider Port)
Torrey Pines Gliderport (FAA LID: CA84) is a city-owned private-use glider airport in the La Jolla community of San Diego, California, United States, 11...
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An underwater glider is a type of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that employs variable-buoyancy propulsion instead of traditional propellers or thrusters...
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Colditz Cock (redirect from Colditz glider)
television series. In March 2012, a radio-controlled, full-sized replica glider was built by Tony Hoskins' UK based glider maintenance/repair company South...
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carrying a variety of weapons ranging from bombs, to torpedoes, to radio-controlled glider bombs. Off Gibraltar, UGS-40 acquired additional escorts: British...
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back. The animals are controlled by the use of radio signals. The electrodes do not move the animal directly, as if controlling a robot; rather, they...
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Mouth type tumblewing How to fly a tumblewing type glider Video of Radio Controlled Airplane with tumbling wings Video of Dihedral Magnus Effect Glider...
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The engine was attached to the front of a modified Super Malibu radio control glider with a gross takeoff weight of 1 kg. The best-published test flight...
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Multiplex Modellsport (category Radio-controlled transmitter)
Bretten-Gölshausen, Germany is a manufacturer of hobby-grade radio control electronics, electric radio-controlled airplanes and electric helicopters. Their aircraft...
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