Great pictures! Thanks. Perhaps this might induce more flyers to give carrier a try. I am wonderinmg though. Didn't the AMA determine that all controls for a control line plane be through he wires?  If so, does the system shown doing that? I dont want to start a big problem here, just wondering.
Joe

Joe, to answer your question, both Pete and myself use a standard Brodak 3 line handle and operate the throttle as you would on a glow airplane. The throttle arm on the 3 line bellcrank adjusts a 50K Ohm pot that is mounted on the airplane. This pot is connected to the Utronics which drives the ESC for the motor. The linkages are the same as on a glow airplane but instead of moving the throttle arm on the motor the pot is adjusted for speed control.

Its a pretty simple system that works very well. The only thing I had to do was lengthen the arm on the pot so that it wouldn't be too sensitive to input.

Bob Frogner

Thanks guys! I rely think this new electric systems is an answer o the future of control line flight and particularly carrier. Once again your answers clearified some puzzelment i was having. (an often recurring problem I asure you)

Joe Just

Dick Perry

Thanks for your comments in the Navy Carrier MA column.

Clancy

Can do that with a Bi-Slob with no throttle.  But, in reality if his was making an official flight he was done as soon as it went backward in flight.  I have watched Melvin Schuette do that in practice, but, never in competition.  DOC Holliday