Some models incorporate throttles operated by an auxiliary line or electronic means. It is possible to operate other airplane devices when desired. Each airplane is equipped with a ten feet crepe-paper streamer. These planes modeled after actual carrier type airplanes and are flown from the deck of a 42 feet long simulated carrier deck. They are commonly flown using three sixty feet long control lines.
Flights consist of one half mile at high speed and one half mile at low speed.
Next the pilot attempts an arrested landing on the carrier deck. Navy Carrier Society 4. Pit stops for refueling are required and performed when the engine is stopped in flight using a fuel shut-off device or when the tank becomes empty. The plane is then landed, refueled, re-started, and launched by the pit crew.