| Ships and boats, yachts and submarines have long | | | | Such radio controlled boats can be operated remotely |
| been the subject of fantasies nursed by the young | | | | with the help of a multi channel radio transmitter. The |
| and the old. The waters of the seas and oceans hold | | | | radio transmitter is in the hands of the operator while |
| many secrets which to the mind of the hobbyist were | | | | there is a corresponding receiver on the boat. Signals |
| shared by the sea vessels that sailed on them. One | | | | are sent to the radio receiver on the boat by changing |
| yearns to be part of the mystery and adventure that | | | | the position of the two joy sticks on the transmitter. |
| surrounds sailing. A very select few can afford to own | | | | The receiver on the boat is connected to two battery |
| sea faring yachts and boats. The rest of us live our | | | | operated electric motors. Signals received from the |
| dreams by owning ship or boat models that are | | | | radio transmitter which is handled by the operator are |
| fashioned after the real ships and boats. | | | | translated into instructions to run the motors as per |
| Made to scale boats can be made to sail with the help | | | | directions. |
| of radio control equipment with which they are fitted. | | | | |