Patent ID: 7806371

Claim:
A radio-controlled aircraft, comprising: a scale model aircraft with fuselage, wings, gas engine, and motion-control servos for controlling flight; a handheld radio controller including a pair of joysticks for controlling said motion-control servos, and at least one auxiliary firing control; an optical transmitter mounted on said scale model aircraft and selectively illuminated by said auxiliary firing control to simulate a weapon firing; an optical receiver mounted on said scale model aircraft for receiving illumination from other aircraft; a processor in communication with said optical receiver for calculating hits from said other aircraft; at least one servo motor electrically connected to said processor; a pilot ejection mechanism including a spring-loaded pilot doll with parachute, and an ejection assembly mechanically connected to said servo motor for ejecting said pilot doll from said scale model aircraft when said processor has calculated a predetermined number of hits from said other aircraft.