Tesla described his radio-controlled boat as the first "teleautomaton," the first ... investors watched Tesla demonstrate his remote-control boat at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

A model of Tesla's remote-controlled boat housed at the Tesla Museum in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Typically in the RC community, radio control ... boat uses compressed air for propulsion, stored in a battery of four soda bottles, pressurized to 6 bar. The compressed air is used to drive a ...