Northwest Control-Line Scale

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

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

Articles

New! Scale at the 2024 R.F. Stevenson Raider Roundup
See article

New! Orin Humphries' July 2024 column in Scale Matters: Mock-ups, Basics: Woods and Glues, Stooge, Second Checking

New! Scale at the 2024 Northwest Control-Line Regionals
See article

New! Orin Humphries' March 2024 column in Scale Matters: LED lights and color perception, Koverall and rib stitching, turbulators, finishing resin surfacing, hotter glow plugs, and the last of the 4BK Carb notes

New! Orin Humphries' January 2024 column in Scale Matters: Two-needle carburetors, the future, and Stearman yellow

New! Orin Humphries' November 2023 column in Scale Matters: Doing the Nats >>

Scale at the 2023 Northwest Control-Line Regionals See article

Orin Humphries' August 2022 column in Scale Matters: Remote needle valve assemblies, and more

2022 Northwest Regionals Scale report and photos See article

From kit to Nats in 84 days See article >>

Orin Humphries' December 2021 column: Sport planes and prop pitches >>

Orin Humphries' October 2021 column in Scale Matters: Instrument panels

Orin Humphries' September 2021 column in Scale Matters: Building a vintage kit

Orin Humphries' March 2021 column in Scale Matters: Those baffling fuel tanks

2019 Northwest Regionals report and photos See article

Orin Humphries' February 2019 column in Scale Matters: Vacuum molding Part 2: Preparing the canopy plug

Orin Humphries' December 2018 column in Scale Matters: Vacuum molding Part 1

Orin Humphries' October 2018 column in Scale Matters: Trust nothing about .049s

Orin Humphries' July 2018 column in Scale Matters: Boyhood recollections at the Regionals

Scale at the 2018 Northwest Regionals See article

Orin Humphries revisits .049 engines in his April 2018 column in Scale Matters:
Of Blackbirds, .049s and the pursuit of knowledge

Orin Humphries discusses fuel for 1/2-A engines in his November 2017 column in Scale Matters

Orin Humphries discusses 1/2-A engines in his July 2017 column in Scale Matters

A classy shutdown for the judges: See article

The canopy slider, Part 2 See article

The canopy slider, Part 1 See article

Copiers and French curves in scale building See article

Orin Humphries tests strengths of longerons and stringers See article

Orin Humphries tests I-beam strengths See article

Orin Humphries' battle to collect accurate scale data See article

Orin Humphries' F-84E Thunderjet project Story and photos

Regular columns

Scale Matters by Orin Humphries

Links

Your District XI representative on the Academy of Model Aeronautics Scale Contest Board is Mike Potter

This page was updated Sept. 9, 2024


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