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The diagrams and text
have been "borrowed" from the Australian Control Line Aeromodelling
website.
A control line
model aeroplane is one that is tethered by fine wires or cables (the lines)
so that it is forced to fly in a circle. It is fitted with an elevator
that can be manipulated by a pilot holding a control handle attached to
the ends of the lines in the centre of the flying circle.
(Diagram
from Aeromodeller Data Book published by Model & Allied Publications)
Aerobatic
control line models are usually fitted with large wing flaps which move
in the opposite directions to the elevators:
(Diagram
from Aeromodeller Data Book published by Model & Allied Publications)
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