AS 220 Study Guide Questions with
Solved Solutions 2026-2027 Updated.
The Textron Systems Aerosonde has a gross takeoff weight of 80 lbs. What department of
Defense UAS category in the Aerosonde? - Answer Group 3
The term "COTS" autopilot refers to which of the following? - Answer Commercial-off-the-
shelf-system
If connectivity between the ground station and the aircraft is severed the aircraft will execute
its... - Answer Preprogrammed lost-link profile
What is the term for the land- or sea-based control center that provides the facilities for human
control of unmanned vehicles in the air or in space? - Answer Ground control station
Which is a shorter distance, beyond line-of-sight (BLOS) or beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS)? -
Answer BVLOS (beyond visual line of sight)
... is the science of making reliable measurements by the use of photographs and especially
aerial photographs. - Answer Photogrammetry
Nicola Tesla promoted the idea of a remotely piloted aircraft in the late 1890s to act as a flying
guided bomb. His concept appears to have been an outgrowth of his work building the world's
first guided underwater torpedos, controlled by what was then called "..." in 1898. - Answer
Teleautomation
..., the founder of the famed flight control firm that today bears his name, was developing the
first practical gyro-control system. - Answer Elmer Sperry
A gunner for the Royal Flying Crops in World War 1, ... saw the possibility of creating a radio-
controlled target drone for the United States Army to allow gunners to actually shoot at an
airborne target known. - Answer Reginald Denny
Most unmanned aircraft systems developed during the interwar period (between WW1 and
WW2) were used as ... - Answer Targeting Drones
The German V-1 "Buzz" Bomb used what type of power plant? - Answer Pulse
Solved Solutions 2026-2027 Updated.
The Textron Systems Aerosonde has a gross takeoff weight of 80 lbs. What department of
Defense UAS category in the Aerosonde? - Answer Group 3
The term "COTS" autopilot refers to which of the following? - Answer Commercial-off-the-
shelf-system
If connectivity between the ground station and the aircraft is severed the aircraft will execute
its... - Answer Preprogrammed lost-link profile
What is the term for the land- or sea-based control center that provides the facilities for human
control of unmanned vehicles in the air or in space? - Answer Ground control station
Which is a shorter distance, beyond line-of-sight (BLOS) or beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS)? -
Answer BVLOS (beyond visual line of sight)
... is the science of making reliable measurements by the use of photographs and especially
aerial photographs. - Answer Photogrammetry
Nicola Tesla promoted the idea of a remotely piloted aircraft in the late 1890s to act as a flying
guided bomb. His concept appears to have been an outgrowth of his work building the world's
first guided underwater torpedos, controlled by what was then called "..." in 1898. - Answer
Teleautomation
..., the founder of the famed flight control firm that today bears his name, was developing the
first practical gyro-control system. - Answer Elmer Sperry
A gunner for the Royal Flying Crops in World War 1, ... saw the possibility of creating a radio-
controlled target drone for the United States Army to allow gunners to actually shoot at an
airborne target known. - Answer Reginald Denny
Most unmanned aircraft systems developed during the interwar period (between WW1 and
WW2) were used as ... - Answer Targeting Drones
The German V-1 "Buzz" Bomb used what type of power plant? - Answer Pulse
