What type of UAS remote pilots did the FAA first authorize? - correct answer ✔✔public
What technology was added to the TDR-1 that made it different from all previous UAS? - correct answer
✔✔Television Guidance
What year did nonmilitary agencies begin using UAS? - correct answer ✔✔2004
Why is the term "Unmanned Aircraft System" used instead of UAV or drone? - correct answer
✔✔Represents all of the components of a UAS not just the air vehicle.
What is the upper Gross Takeoff Weight (GTOW) limit of a small UAS? - correct answer ✔✔Less then 55
pounds.
What was the primary mission of the Lightning Bug in Vietnam? - correct answer ✔✔Reconnaissance
What is an example of a sUAS? - correct answer ✔✔ScanEagle
What are the two distinctive types of unmanned aircraft systems? - correct answer ✔✔Autonomous and
remote control.
in what year did Congress mandate UAS integration into the national airspace? - correct answer
✔✔2012
what are the four core components of a UAS? - correct answer ✔✔Unmanned aircraft, payload, control
station, control link
UAS like the Lightning Bug initially used inertial navigation system (INS) guidance. What technology
increased the accuracy and capability of UAS? - correct answer ✔✔Global Positioning Systems
,What was the first operational targeting drone? - correct answer ✔✔De Havilland Queen Bee
Which system preceded the modern-day Predator? - correct answer ✔✔Leading System Amber
What "first" for UAS was first credited to Reginald Denny? - correct answer ✔✔Mass Production
What UAS was created by Israel in the 1970s and battle tested in 1982? - correct answer ✔✔Scout
What was the first full-scale remotely piloted aircraft? - correct answer ✔✔Sopwith Aerial Target
What is the difference between a guided missile and a modern UAS? - correct answer ✔✔Modern UAS
are intended for recovery and guided missiles are expendable.
What are the FAA's three categories of UAS? - correct answer ✔✔Micro, Small, UAS
What did Elmer Sperry contribute to the history or UAS? - correct answer ✔✔Automatic stabilization
What three technology issues influence full integration of UAS into the airspace? - correct answer
✔✔Reliability, Detect and avoid technology, Control link security.
which multi rotor configuration sUAS uses vectored thrust to control the yaw axis? - correct answer
✔✔Tricopter
which component of the unmanned aircraft contains most of the equipment and acts as the basic
structure? - correct answer ✔✔Fuselage
In general, as the angle of attack (AOA) of an airfoil increases, what two forces also increase? - correct
answer ✔✔Lift and drag
, What electro-mechanical device can be used to move a control surface? - correct answer ✔✔Servo
What is one of the most important factors affecting overall aircraft performance? - correct answer
✔✔Air Density
What four parameters are required to calculate density altitude? - correct answer ✔✔Barometric
pressure, air temperature, dew point, and field elevation.
Rotary-wing aircraft fall are in which categories? - correct answer ✔✔Helicopter and multirotor
What is the most common power source for sUAS today? - correct answer ✔✔Brushless DC electric
motors and LiPo batteries.
A helicopter is a type of _______ aircraft. - correct answer ✔✔Rotary-wing
What change can a remote pilot if the UA is overweight? - correct answer ✔✔Decrease in
Maneuverability
What are the three degrees of motion the illustrate rotation around axes? - correct answer ✔✔Pitch,
Roll, aNd Yaw
Unmanned aircraft can move through 3-D with ______ degrees of freedom. - correct answer ✔✔Six
Air temperature decreases and air density_______ with increases in altitude. - correct answer
✔✔decreases
What fixed-wing aircraft control surface can induce a moment around the lateral axis? - correct answer
✔✔Elevator
What type of sUAS functions best when powered by an internal combustion engine? - correct answer
✔✔Fixed wing
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