Northwest Control-Line Combat

This page is for articles and columns on Northwest control-line combat model flying, and links to combat-related web sites.

Your contributions of articles, photos and links for the Flying Lines web site are welcome. Contact the editor.

Articles

Spice up your combat life: A new F2D Web site See article

Secrets of getting a good combat prop See article

Using F2D airplanes in 80mph Combat See article

Michael Willcox selling F2D equipment See price list

F2D shutoff controversy: Blame Jeff Day!

An F2D (FAI Combat) primer by Ken Burdick

The winningest combat plane of all time? Read about the Sponge 80

How to convert centripetal shutoffs to line-tension type See Shop Tips

Does your diesel combat engine run slow? How to fix it in Shop Tips.

New shutoff rule for 2007 Bladder Grabber By Jeff Rein

Broadway Bod Busters Reunite By Ken Burdick

Setting up the OS Max 25FX for 80mph combat By Buzz Wilson

Getting the instant start in fast combat By Ken Burdick

MACA newsletter looking good, membership fees waived for 2006

Northwest CL combat flier dies in Iraq

Combat flying can get a bit physical, as demonstrated by Rich Salter of Seattle, Wash., (blue shirt), who is wrapped up by Ron Columbo of Michigan during the 2006 Bladder Grabber fast combat contest in Snohomish, Wash. Ron Enos photo.

Regular columns

Musings from the Combat Pits By Buzz Wilson

T-Bone's Combat Circle By Gary Harris

Links

For information about combat in the United States, see the Miniature Aircraft Combat Association web site. MACA is the combat special interest group recognized by the Academy of Model Aeronautics.

Your District XI representative on the Academy of Model Aeronautics Combat Contest Board is Mark Hansen.

Preston Briggs maintains an excellent general combat information site.

For discussion of national racing matters, see Combat flying forum on Yahoo!

Now, here's something different!

Combat flier Jeff Dawson of San Antonio, Texas, showed off an unusual combat-style plane at last summer's Bladder Grabber fast combat contest in Snohomish, Wash. The plane is powed by two O.S. .20 or .25 engines and "goes quite fast and turns fairly tight," reports FL combat reporter Mel Lyne. It uses two bladder tanks and APC props. Ron Enos photo.

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