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  2. Servo (radio control) - Wikipedia

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    The servo is controlled by three wires: ground, power, and control. The servo will move based on the pulses sent over the control wire, which set the angle of the actuator arm. The servo expects a pulse every 20 ms in order to gain correct information about the angle. The width of the servo pulse dictates the range of the servo's angular motion.

  3. Radio-controlled glider - Wikipedia

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    As full-size winch launching but using a small electric motor (usually based on a car starter motor) and a reverse pulley staked to the ground upwind. The launch speed is controlled by the pilot using a foot pedal. [3] A parachute is used (pulled shut by the launch tension) to assist in preventing the winch spool overrunning when the model is ...

  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. Self-steering gear - Wikipedia

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    This construction is called "The Saye's Rigg". Another version of wind vane self steering on sail boats is known as the vertical axis vane and usually, because of the inferior steering force output compared to servo pendulum devices it makes use of a trim tab hung off the rudder to control the course of the boat. The vane spins at right angles ...

  6. Radio control - Wikipedia

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    Radio control (often abbreviated to RC) is the use of control signals transmitted by radio to remotely operate a device. Examples of simple radio control systems are garage door openers and keyless entry systems for vehicles, in which a small handheld radio transmitter unlocks or opens doors. Radio control is also used for control of model ...

  7. Chance 32/28 - Wikipedia

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    Head sail control is managed by recessed anodized aluminum tracks with stainless steel cars, baby stay track and slider, and two Number 24 Barlow Genoa sheet winches, clam cleats and stainless steel cleats and fairleads. One Number 20 Barlow winch is used for the jib halyard. Mainsail control uses a Seaboard ball bearing main sheet traveller.

  8. Hunter 41 - Wikipedia

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    It has a fractional sloop B&R rig, a nearly plumb stem, a walk-through reverse transom with a swimming platform and folding ladder, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed deep fin keel or optional wing keel. It displaces 19,400 lb (8,800 kg) and carries 6,506 lb (2,951 kg) of ballast with the deep keel, 6,612 ...

  9. Matilda 20 - Wikipedia

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    The Matilda 20 built by Ouyang Boat Works is a recreational keelboat, with a round-bilge hull constructed predominantly of fibreglass, with wooden trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, an angled transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a lifting keel with a weighted bulb. The boat displaces 1,550 lb (703 kg) and ...