HELIOS RISING
The NASA/AeroVironment Helios electric drone used throttle alone to control pitch during its successful second flight. Normally full-span elevators on the flying wing are used to damp pitch, but engineers believe throttle control will be more reliable for the drone's envisioned months-long solar...
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