I like reading about this e-carrier, but, I probably will not get into until there is a proven package to work with.  Like when I was kind of serious with carrier when you flew scale carrier or profile, but, not both.  I had the old McCoy 60 Red Head working pretty good.  Even the Rossi was okay, but, not as dependable as the McCoy.  Never ran anything other than K&B 100 fuel. 

What I want to know is what happened to the World Class Carrier Event.  I know there was supposed to be a demo at the 2004 Muncie Worlds that was nothing close to being a demo.  I have seen on the British forum there type of carrier.  I like their idea of only four cables to try and snag along with the elevated deck.  Would make starting engines a lot easier.  I also don't think they have line sliders yet.  They also have quite a variety in types of aircraft.  I guess really I should contact the NCS about this really.  So keep it clean.  DOC Holliday

Hope they do it right this time.  DOC Holliday

The word I got was from other people as I was at the F2C site most of the time.  For one, no body had a PA to tell people what was going on.  Also I heard it was run like a regular carrier contest.  In other words two official flights and you were done.  Even had one person say they stopped to ask questions and was ignored.  To me a demo has to have someone on a loud speaker telling the spectators about what is happening.  Also why worry about scores when you are showing someone how  to do slow flight.  How about a trainer with throttle to get licensed people on the handle to try throttle control.  The biggest thing is a static model set up to show how all the gadgets work and why.  Another thing is no down time which means there should be a plane in the air as much as possible.   It would take a lot of work and quite a few volunteers to do it right.  My opinion,  DOC Holliday

PS:Would be good time for a lot of practice and help. jeh

Like John I spent all my time at the F2C circle counting laps and timing.

I don't know what the purpose was of the event demo at the WC.  Show it off, perhaps try to generate international interest, or have the FAI C/L officials review a "typical" NC competition.

Problems with the NC demo at the Muncie 2004 World Championships:

1)  I am interested in and used to fly Navy Carrier.  I had no idea when the demo was to be flown.  So there was an apparent lack of on-site publicity.  But given the overall lack of publicity about the world championships in general, I shouldn't be too surprised.

2)  While the location chosen for the event was near the road and somewhat central to the official event sites, it was still a ways from the official event sites.

3)  The location was in the high grass (the circle was cut) and looked every bit like a last minute add-on, not a presentation of a new event for the world's consideration.

4)  AFAIK, there was no attempt to have FAI officials briefed on the event or invited to observe the event.

Basically, folks got together and flew a partial day Navy Carrier contest at the World Championships.

BTW, last year we got to see some Navy Carrier flown at a contest in Belgium.  If the event ever does come up in the FAI rules, expect the event to look a lot more like the British NC events that like ours.

Dave

I've seen the Brit Carrier site and the stuff looks really cool. I wouldn't mind a new event in C/L whether it be FAI, AMA or whatever. It's got to be a positive sign to have a group intereted in a new event introduction, no?
Chris...

I participated in some of the combat demos in the 1970-to-1976 time frame when F2d was under consideration.

The key element in an FAI demo is to prove that A LOT of PEOPLE in A LOT OF NATIONS fly the event. 

The preliminary F2D WC in Rotterdam drew upwards of 60 flyers from about 15 nations. 

Can carrier produce something on that scale?