"What are the best RC controles to use for this type of project, and the best place to buy them?"

"So free flight can include electronic control surfaces - without PIC, but that electronic control surface cannot be intelligent? I suspect that the greyness of this question is a tribute to an ass-backward FAA. If someone thinks the FAA is…"

"Aye of course, but the OP was referring to an autopilot controlled aircraft. As soon as an autopilot is added it is no longer free flight."

"There is of course, the field of "free flight" planes, and these are unguided, and uncontrolled. They can include a crude "return to launch" feature (in the form of an airbrake which causes the plane to circle downward after some…"

"Defintely. Jaron seems to be a responsible flyer and I really doubt he would fly without some kind of RC failsafe link. I don't think it would be legal to fly a UAV anywhere in the world without being able to take manual control. I strongly…"

"Did the person who built the plane in the link above have RC controls?"

"In times of emergency, in order to protect your surroundings and also your equipment on the aircraft, you're gonna want to have RC control capabilities because no autopilot is perfect and cannot account for the unexpected, especially during the…"

"Why can't you just program the autopilot the test fly it?"