Advanced Drone Operations Certification Practice Exam

Ground Control Station is the ground-based setup you use to command and monitor the RPA. It includes the operator interface (controller or joystick and display), mission planning software, telemetry/data link hardware, and the displays that show flight data and, if equipped, live video. The GCS can be fixed at a base or portable in a vehicle or on the field, adapting to the mission. NOTAMs are notices about airspace restrictions and are not used to control the aircraft. Elevators and stabilizers are the aircraft’s control surfaces that affect attitude, while cyclic is a rotor control that changes the tilt of the rotor for navigation—both are aircraft components, not the ground control setup. So, the term for the location and equipment used to control the RPA is Ground Control Station.