Totally unsolicited observation at has absolutely zero bearing on this Opinion Poll
As a teen age kid ...Dad in the Nam and near Alemeda Navel Air station in the greater Oakland CA bay area, I had my mom schlep me all over the place to model airplane events 1969~1973
I watched a lot of different modeling events and was always fascinated by three things...combat, Nay Carrier, and RC...sorry but I thought Stunt was boring (at the time)
Years later, as Army Soldier, I found myself near a NATs in Virginia...I think Cheetum Anex Navy air Base but that is subject to error...I do Know it was out near Virginia Beach on a unused Navy airfield..based on my assignment time it had to be 1987~1990
Again I was drawn to Combat, Carrier and this time RC JETs...still found Stunt and RC pattern boring
Point of this note...around age 55 I came back ( a retread) to model aircraft and started with RC ...I sucked ....and it was not as fun as what I thought I remembered (observing)...Got deep into CL Combat only to find the technology and engines are too fast for my mind, eye, body, reflexes (very abused body)
I Remember how cool Navy carrier was so went in search of how to get started..... watched about 30 Y-tube videos and was totally turned off by the endless time and boring SLOW HANGING Laps....much too reminiscent to me observing RC 3D super unrealistic flight envelop antics of many of the $8000 electric 3D planes local club members were gravitating to...
BUT hey you gotts to understand my Psyche.... a RC HELICOPTER doing things that NO real World Rotary wing craft (with Human Pilot) can do--- Is just not realistic or interesting to ME
The opinion.... the efforts you all go to to HANG an other wise cool Navy Carrier model...turned me off
I would much rather the event was competed as realistically to true....including bad WX complicated landing extremes on to a carrier deck
What I envision as easy to set up....
Fair Seas landing
50 Knot head wind landing
25~35 Knot cross wind landing
The fans to do this are commercially found on 1000s of movie sets
IN MY 62 years of being associate with ALL things MILITARY (REAL WORLD) aviation...I have NEVER SEEN ONE fixed wing aircraft HUNG ON THE Prop and maneuvered...ever
I have seen, at Ramstein AFB Air shows, Military Jets thrust walked down the flight line at near 90 degree AoA.... (tail walking) and sudden Max performance climb to altitude out of sight
NOW if you want realistic with the hyper slow (BORING) laps... design Vectored Thrust Harriers or V22 Ospreys and go for it
BTW
I was on the USS Roosevelt for it's second Sea trail out of New Port News when they flew the fighter wing into service... so I got to see landing on a carrier of 7 Giant assed F-18s in real world as well as several E-2Cs ... the tour guide had all of us family members on a elevator that was raised just high enough for us to see the flight deck near the arresting cable area on the starboard side of the carrier..... very exhilarating episode of my life
BTW2
As a Army Helicopter guy, I was super jazzed to watch the navy's giant assed MH-53E work the deck and actually bummed a ride in one back to Norfolk Naval Air station
I am going to assume a LOT of the Carrier guys are former Navy so I want to acknowledge that I spent much more time in the Petty Officers club at Norfolk than our own NCO cub on Ft Eustice VA.... I have done a few TDY events to Navy installations like Corpus Christy TX and know for a fact Navy clubs and Chow is much superior to Army digs