radio control
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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During filming, the animatronic model was operated “by both radio control and mechanical engineering via a series of levers and cables. … The radio control function predominantly facilitated E.T.’s head, and the mechanical function primarily manipulated the main body, arms and hands,” the lot description reads.
From Washington Times
But what makes the series so exciting is that, digital compositing and cleanup aside, we are seeing, nearly all the time, real figures on real sets, whether controlled by humans standing beneath them or by radio control or inside suits or some combination thereof, and there is a kind of magic in knowing this.
From Los Angeles Times
"In that case, the CH-4 would need a direct line-of-sight radio control link from a ground station, making it extremely difficult - but not impossible - to operate significant distances from the Pakistani border in rugged terrain."
From BBC
The big challenge is to pre-plan a mission and then let the UGV go and do it independently of an operator with radio control.
From BBC
Now that you’ll no longer be under FCC jurisdiction, can you say whether you’ve ever been in a radio control room with lines of cocaine and an independent radio promoter?
From Los Angeles Times
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