Hi,

Old thread but anyway.
I got interested to see what Class II was in US so I did some search and found the various classes (I, II and III) and what they alllowed in each class.
Class I = rudder only, Class II = rudder+elevator, Class III = rudder+elevator+aileron.
No throttle control as far as I understand.

Here in Europe it was in the mid-end of 1950th (and probably beginning1960th)Category(Class) I = multi control, Category II = single channel (rudder only). It was also Category IVfor sail plane.

Below is two links to PDFs from "European championship" 1958 and 1959 for the above RC classes they competed in here in Europe at that time.
In the 1959 PDF file You can see list of what equipment like radio, engines etc they used.
In 1958 a guy from Sweden, Eric Berglund (picture below is him some years ago with the winning model still preserved), won Category II with his "RC Viking" (I have the plans and even a kit of the plane that was produced here in Sweden).RC Viking could easily be modified to have also elevator control so it would then be US Class II complient I suppose. The competition in 1958 was held in Darmstadt in Germany at US Airforce base there.8 nations was present including one competititor from US stationed at Nellingen in Germany, Captain Ollie Strickland who had a plane Breezy Senior (Miss Ellen, named after his daughter) powered by Thorp 19 and equipped with Babcock Magic Wand. He entered Class II single channel and placed 8th.
It is a picture of hím and his plane in PDF file 1958 page 4 picture 8.

<font color="#0000ff">http://www.algonet.se/~boem/RC/Vintage/RC_Viking/Aero_Modeller_December_1958.pdf</font></p>

<font color="#0000ff">http://www.algonet.se/~boem/RC/Vintage/RC_Viking/Aero_Modeller_November_1959.pdf</font>

I just thought it might be interesting to compare someplanes, equipment, classes etc they had here in Europe at about the sameperiod You in US had single and multi(2 ch) classes.

/Bo</p>