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So what is Control-Line Carrier-Deck flying?

Control-Line model flying has been around for over 80 years. It’s a half-way house between free flight (“chuck it and chance it”) and radio control. Control-line models are physically flown by the pilot, who uses a handle and a set of thin steel wires attached to the aeroplane to give control over the height at which the plane flies, and to limit its flight path to a circle (for Carrier, usually 60 feet in radius)

Carrier-Deck is one of many different types of control-line flying. It’s one of the simplest to describe (flying a simulated mission from an aircraft carrier) but one of the most difficult to perfect…

This site has all the info you need to build a model of your own and enter competitions; have a look at the PLANS and BUILD LOG PAGE for something to build, and check out the 2024 Calendar for somewhere to fly!

BREAKING NEWS!

Remaining UK Results now available: Bucky (April 24); Barton Bash (May 24); Old Warden (May 24) – Thank you Andy!

Almere (NL) September – Results and Pix – Click here!

UK NATS Results and Placings now available – Click here!

Buckminster June  (UK) Results and Placings now available – Click here!

Yorkshire September  (UK) Results and Placings now available – Click here!

Aldridge August (UK) Results and Placings now available – Click here!

Old Warden July (UK) Results and Placings now available – Click here!

Ronneburg (Germany) September – Results and Pix – Click here!

 

Check out the Carrier Facebook page – click here!

 

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