sUAS Q&A
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 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
