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2. Model yachting - Wikipedia

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   Radio-controlled model sailboats on Conservatory Water in Central Park in New York City. Radio control may be used in many locations. Typically two controls are provided for sailing yacht models, a general–purpose small servo for rudder control and a specialized sail winch to draw in the mainsheet and jib. Motorized craft control rudder and ...

3. Servo (radio control) - Wikipedia

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   This mechanism allows a simple keyed transmitter to give sequential control, i.e. selection between a number of defined positions at the model. A typical four-lobe escapement used for rudder control is arranged so that the first and third positions are "straight ahead", with positions two and four as "left" and "right" rudder.

4. Radio-controlled boat - Wikipedia

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   A mass-produced radio-controlled yacht In 1898, Tesla demonstrated a radio-controlled boat (U.S. patent 613,809 —Method of an Apparatus for Controlling Mechanism of Moving Vehicle or Vehicles). A radio-controlled boat is a boat or ship model controlled remotely with radio control equipment.

5. Radio-controlled model - Wikipedia

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   Radio-controlled, gasoline-powered model boats first appeared in 1962 designed by engineer Tom Perzinka of Octura Models. [citation needed] The gas model boats were powered with O&R (Ohlsson and Rice) small 20 cc ignition gasoline utility engines. This was a completely new concept in the early years of available radio-control systems. The boat ...

6. Radio control - Wikipedia

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   The United Kingdom's World War One development of their radio-controlled 1917 'Aerial Target' (AT) and 1918 'Distant Control Boat' (DCB) using Low's control systems led eventually to their 1930s fleet of "Queen Bee". This was a remotely controlled unmanned version of the de Havilland "Tiger Moth" aircraft for Navy fleet gunnery firing practice.

7. Footy (model yacht) - Wikipedia

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   A footy sailboat. The Footy is a very small (usually) radio-control sailboat whose length is a mere 12 inches (30.5 cm). The hull can be made from a fiberglass mold, 3D printed or simply with thin sheets of plywood or even depron fitted together. Two servos are used, one to control the sail and one for the rudder. These are the smallest remote ...