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Radio control (often abbreviated to R/C or simply RC) is the use of radio signals to remotely control a device.

Radio control is used for control of model vehicles from a hand-held radio transmitter.

Industrial, military, and scientific research organizations make use of radio-controlled vehicles as well.

In electronics, a remote control is a component of an electronic device used to operate the device wirelessly from a distance.

For example, in consumer electronics, a remote control can be used to operate devices such as a television set, DVD player, or other home appliance, from a short distance.

A remote control is primarily a convenience feature for the user, and can allow operation of devices that are out of convenient reach for direct operation of controls.

In some cases, remote controls allow a person to operate a device that they otherwise would not be able to reach, as when a garage door opener is triggered from outside or when a Digital Light Processing projector that is mounted on a high ceiling is controlled by a person from the floor level.

Radio controlled (or R/C) cars are battery/gas-powered model cars or trucks that can be controlled from a distance using a specialized transmitter or remote.

The term "R/C" has been used to mean both "remote controlled" and "radio controlled", where "remote controlled" includes vehicles that are connected to their controller by a wire, but common use of "R/C" today usually refers to vehicles controlled by a radio-frequency link.

This article focuses on radio-controlled vehicles only.

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard.

UAVs are a component of an ; which include a UAV, a ground-based controller, and a system of communications between the two.

The flight of UAVs may operate with various degrees of autonomy: either under remote control by a human operator, or fully or intermittently autonomously, by onboard computers.

More emerged during World War II – used both to train antiaircraft gunners and to fly attack missions.

Nazi Germany produced and used various UAV aircraft during the war.

Jet engines entered service after World War II in vehicles such as the Australian GAF Jindivik, and Teledyne Ryan Firebee I of 1951, while companies like Beechcraft offered their Model 1001 for the U.S. Navy in 1955.

Nevertheless, they were little more than remote-controlled airplanes until the Vietnam War.

An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a powered, fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine or propeller.

Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations.

The broad spectrum of uses for airplanes includes recreation, transportation of goods and people, military, and research.

Commercial aviation is a massive industry involving the flying of tens of thousands of passengers daily on airliners.

Most airplanes are flown by a pilot on board the aircraft, but some are designed to be remotely or computer-controlled.