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2. Autopilot - Wikipedia

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   In the early days of aviation, aircraft required the continuous attention of a pilot to fly safely. As aircraft range increased, allowing flights of many hours, the constant attention led to serious fatigue. An autopilot is designed to perform some of the pilot's tasks. The first aircraft autopilot was developed by Sperry Corporation in 1912. [4]

3. Gyroscopic autopilot - Wikipedia

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   The German V-1 Buzz Bomb also used an autopilot system for guidance. It used a pendulum system that was damped by a gyroscope, similar to the ones used in Sperry autopilots. It also used radio direction-finding to maintain course. [4] The use of autopilot on unmanned weapons can be seen as the precursor to modern cruise missiles.

4. Azimuth thruster - Wikipedia

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   The major disadvantage of azimuth drive systems is that a ship with azimuth drive maneuvers differently from one with a standard propeller and rudder configuration, necessitating specialized pilot training. [citation needed] Another disadvantage is they increase the draught of the ship. [citation needed]

5. Minnkota Power Cooperative - Wikipedia

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   Minnesota: Beltrami Electric Cooperative Clearwater-Polk Electric Co-op North Star Electric Cooperative PKM Electric Cooperative Red Lake Electric Cooperative

6. Uninterruptible autopilot - Wikipedia

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   An Uninterruptible Autopilot is a proposed system designed to take control of a commercial aircraft away from the pilot or flight crew in the event of a hijacking.. If implemented, the system would allow the craft to automatically guide itself to a landing at a designated airstrip. [1]

7. Aircraft flight control system - Wikipedia

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   At first, only-partially boosted systems were used in which the pilot could still feel some of the aerodynamic loads on the control surfaces (feedback). [7] A hydro-mechanical flight control system has two parts: The mechanical circuit, which links the cockpit controls with the hydraulic circuits. Like the mechanical flight control system, it ...