Who invented the Remote Control airplane?

Answer 1

Good question. I guess you need to define "remote control". Does the "U-control" models that are flown using strings that input elevator controls count? I do know that the Arthur Youngdemonstrated his helicopter design to Larry Bell around 1942. He flew a remote controlled model that used electrical signals carried on a long electrical cable that was hung under the model with a "trapeze" sling. Larry Bell provided Young the financing and men from his Bell Aerospace Company along with a shop in Garden Groove, NY to build his design. They designed the first prototype by scalling the models planetary-gear transmission by a factor of 7 times larger. This lead to the certification after the war of the first civilian helicopter certified by FAA; the Bell Model 47.