Two contestants battle it out in 1/2-A
Combat at the 2014 Bladder
Grabber. Flying Lines photo.
Northwest
Control-Line Combat
This page is for articles and columns on
Northwest control-line Combat model flying, and links to
Combat-related websites.
Your contributions of articles, photos and
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Articles
Pacific Northwest Combat flier Greg Machen of Belfair,
Wash., won the FD2 World Cup competition recently in Muncie,
Ind. The World Cup is a preliminary event to the
Control-Line World Championships. Pictured are (from
right) Greg Machen, first place, Andrey Nadein, second, Cary
Minor, third, and Aimee Olson. See results
chart. More information can be found on the Miniature
Aircraft Combat Association Facebook page. Michael
Willcox photo.
New! 2024 Canadian Combat Graffiti report
See
article
New! Northwest
Combat legend Dan Rutherford dies See
article >>
New! Combat at the 2024
Northwest Control-Line Regionals See
article
New! Combat
at the 2024 Jim Walker Memorial
Spring Tune-Up See article
New! Restoring
a McFadden Creamsicle See article >>
2023 Fall Follies
Combat report and photos See article
Austin Minor wins 2023 Bladder Grabber See
article >>
Combat at the 2023 Northwest
Control-Line Regionals See article
Combat at the 2023 Jim
Walker Memorial Spring Tune-Up See article
<< Combat legend
Norm McFadden dies See
obituary
<< Wow! What a Vintage Combat
construction project! See article
New! 2022 Fall Follies Combat results See article
New! 2022 Bladder Grabber results and
photos See article
NW 15 Fast Combat starting procedure
changed, engine displacement corrected by NW ballot See article
2022 Northwest
Regionals Combat report and photos See article
2022 Jim Walker
Memorial Spring Tune-Up returns after pandemic See article
Robert Smith sweeps 2021 Fall Follies Combat See article
<< Maywald and Monoboom win Bladder Grabber 42 See article
The T-Square challenge! See article >>
Change in Vintage Diesel Combat engine
rule approved for 2021 See article in
NW Rules section
Gene Pape's March
2021 column: Covering models with laminating film
Carl Berryman obituary See article >>
The Combat plane and the fir tree See article
Gene Pape's September
2020 column: Covering a vintage model with exam
table paper >>
Gene Pape's August
2020 column: Cleaning up an ugly engine
Remembering 'The Match' – and the respect
See article
'Combat Monster' Don
McKay dies See article
>>
Building notes for the 1/2-A Monoboom See article
>>
2019 Fall Follies
report and photos See article
The Hobbins Hobbies Nemesis 2 kit See article
Mike Evans wins Bladder
Grabber 41 See article
>>
Combat Graffiti
2019 report See article
2019 Northwest
Regionals report and photos See article
2019 Combat season opens with a damp Jim Walker Memorial See article
The Yeti and other kits from Hobbins
Hobbies See article
Approved! 80mph Combat
line diameter set at .018 for all planes See
article
How to build Russ Hester's internal
line-tension shutoff See
article
Building the 1/2-A Monoboom See article
Combat at the 2018
R.F. Stevenson Raider Roundup See article
Bladder
Grabber XL report and photos See article >>
Combat at the 2018
Stunt-a-Thon See
article
Combat Graffiti
2018 report See article
2018 Northwest
Regionals report and photos See article
How to make a venturi
for your Combat Graffiti plane See
article
Gene Pape's latest column: Scattered
focus, and what to fly at the 2018 Regionals? See September 2017 Miscellaneous Stuff
Bladder Grabber
XXXIX report and photos See
article
Bladder Grabber
XXXVIII report See
article
Combat Graffiti
2016 report and photos See article
Gene Pape's latest column: Frayed lines,
stiff wings and little engines See
May 2016 Miscellaneous Stuff
Chehalis-Cup
Contest No. 2 ends 2015 Northwest Combat eason See article
2015 Bladder
Grabber results and photo gallery See article >>
<< Guess which Northwest combat
flier just got married! See
article
2014 Chehalis Cup
Contest No. 4 report and photo gallery See article
2014 Chehalis Cup Contest No. 3
results See article
2014 Bladder Grabber results and photos See article >>
2014 Chehalis Cup
Contest No. 2 results See
article
2014 Chehalis Cup Contest No. 1
results See article
The Wido Satan project -- just for fun
combat See article
>>
Building the Missourian from an Umland
kit See article
New! Bob
Mears Combat Museum photo gallery See article
New! Scratch
building a plane for Combat Graffiti See article
Part IV of Buzz Wilson's
computer-controlled foam cutter construction project See article in Musings from the Combat Pits
Living in the past!
Combat Graffiti 2013 report and photos See article
Dawson three-peats as Bladder Grabber
winner! See article
2013 Chehalis Cup
Contest No. 2 report and photos See article
2013 Chehalis Cup
Contest No. 1 report and photos See article
Combat Graffiti
2012 report and photo gallery See article
Bladder Grabber
XXXIV results and photos See
article
2012 Chehalis Cup
Contest No. 3 results See
article
Part III of Buzz Wilson's
computer-controlled foam cutter construction project See article in Musings from the Combat Pits
Canadian American
Diesel Combat Challenge results See article
Chehalis Cup
Contest No. 2 results See
article
Third installment in Combat legends series remembers
James Mears See article
Chehalis Cup
Contest 1 debuts new two-event format See results article
Combat legends series continues
with Riley Wooten interview See article
>>
<< Series on Combat
legends begins with Carl Berryman interview See article
Relive the old days in Combat Graffiti
event See article
Part II of Buzz Wilson's
computer-controlled foam cutter construction project See article
Bob
Smith wins both ends of Combat season-ender See article
The Nekked Chicken: How to Build Jeff
Dawson's 1/2-A Combat plane See article >>
Change in 80mph Combat speed limit
rejected See
article
McKay, Smith top Oct. 1 Combat meet See article
Bob
Smith wins 2011 C-Cup championship See article
Dawson wins Bladder Grabber XXXIII See article
>>
Bob Smith wins C-Cup Contest 3 See article
Jeff Rein wins 2011 C-Cup Contest 2 See article
Bob Smith wins 2011 C-Cup Contest 1 See article
Taming the nose-heavy Combat plane See article
Northwest fliers score high in 2010
national Combat standings See
article
New rules to be used for 2011 Chehalis
Cup 80mph Combat series See
article
<< Beaver
State Combat Team sweeps Bladder Grabber XXXII See article and photos
July 31 Vintage Diesel Combat results See article
Bod Busters at the 2010 Nationals See article
Small airplanes for Vintage Diesel Combat
See article
Half-A Combat Day results and photos See article
Gene Pape wins Chehalis Cup Contest No. 2
See article
Bladder Grabber 2010: Kill a Beaver, save
a tree See article
<< The Chinese Take-Out Bag pit box
See article
Jeff Rein wins Chehalis Cup Contest No. 2
See article
Setting up the Sharma engine for Vintage
Diesel Combat See article
Ken Burdick winds 2010 Chehalis Cup
opener See article
Two rules changes approved for Vintage
Diesel Combat See
article in NW Rules
section
The best D-Bat plane? See article on the
Dominator
Northwest fliers dominate MACA rankings in
2009 See article
Jeff Rein report on U.S. Combat Team
Trials See article
Chehalis Cup Contest No. 4 results See article
Line diameter change proposed for 2010
80mph Combat See
article in NW Rules
section
How to trim a
combat plane (or any other CL plane) See article by Don McKay
New! Combat
Monster wins fast at Nationals See article
The advantages of 1/2-A Combat See article by Don McKay
Chehalis Cup No. 3 and Vintage Diesel
Combat contest report See article
Chehalis Cup Contest No. 2 and Vintage
Diesel Combat Opener results See
article
Northwest fliers swamp MACA Top 20 See article
Coordinated combat schedule updated for 2009 See article
How to build a Vintage Diesel Combat
plane See article
Construction
article on R&B Rip-Off multi-event combat plane See article and photos
Combat jargon explained See article
80 mph Combat
engines made easy? A saga. See
article
Clinic reveals high-performance 80mph
combat clinic secrets See
article
Chehalis Cup speed limit combat series
announced for 2009 See
article
Critics rave about
Diesel Mania event! See
article
Bladder Grabber pre-contest quiz: Match
the quote to the flier and win a prize! Full story
How to build a
combat plane launching stooge See
article
Broadway Bod Busters at the Northwest
Regionals See article
Broadway Bod Busters at the Houston World
Cup See article
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
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.
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
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 Gene Pape.
New England Combat
News, covering combat flying in the Northeast
Now, here's something different!
Combat flier Jeff Dawson of San Antonio,
Texas, shows off an unusual combat-style plane at the 2006
Bladder Grabber fast combat contest in Snohomish, Wash.
The plane is powed by two O.S. .15 CVA engines and "goes
quite fast and turns fairly tight," reports FL
combat reporter Mel Lyne. It uses a single bladder tank
and APC props. The plane was built by Stewart Mossman. Ron
Enos photo.
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