2011 Northwest Control-Line
Model Aviation News Archive
Below are some of the headlines about CL activity
in the region in 2011, along with links to some of the technical
articles and columns that appeared on the Flying Lines web
site during the year. For a more complete look at CL activity in
the Northwest, go to the Flying Lines
home page and click on the links to various categories
at the top of the home page.
Time to say thanks! See
article by Don McClave in Aerobatics section
An introduction to line tension See article
More beavers beset the Bod Busters! Now they're
in the north, too! See article
for download on Broadway Bod Busters
page
Proposal to change 80mph Combat speed limit defeated See article in NW Rules section
How to Build Jeff Dawson's 1/2-A Combat Sonic
Chicken See article in Combat section
Flyers for Skyraiders and McMinnville swap meets
posted for download See Where
the Action Is
Northwest fliers make 99 flights in worldwide
Ringmaster Fly-a-thon See article
McKay, Smith top Oct. 1
Combat meet See article
in Combat section
R.F. Stevenson Memorial
contest results and photos See
article
Salem
Speed & Combat results and photos See article
Roseburg Control-Line
Fun-Fly photo gallery See
article
<< Bob Smith wins 2011 C-Cup championship See article in Combat section
Updated! Dick Scobee Memorial report and photos See article in Aerobatics section
Dawson wins Bladder Grabber XXXIII See article in Combat section >>
Updated with slideshow and
video links! Western Canada Stunt
Championships report and photos See article in Aerobatics section
Bob Smith wins C-Cup
Combat Contest 3 See article
in Combat section
<<How to prepare and
enhance the performance of the Tee Dee .049 See article
2011 Lucky Hand Fun Fly report and photos See article on WOLF
page in NW Club News
Observations on the new Sport 40 Carrier event:
See the July column by Eric Conley in Flight Deck
Jeff Rein wins 2011 C-Cup
Combat Contest 2 See article
in Combat section
Stunt-a-Thon report
and photos See article
<< Updated with
combat event director's report! Northwest
Regionals report and photos See article
Making decals with laser printer See article
Bob Smith wins 2011 C-Cup
Combat Contest 1 See article
in Combat section
Jim Walker Memorial Spring Tune-Up report
and photos See article >>
An unusual approach to .15 Carrier See article in Navy Carrier section
Northwest Speed Spring
Fling contest results See
article
Oregon
Flying Fun No. 4: Lots of flying despite wild weather See article >>
Setting up the SuperTigre X-40 for Speed See article in NW Speed Scoop column in Speed section
Inventor of cyanoacrylate glue dies: He had a
profound influence on model airplanes See
article
F2D Proto Speed rules change approved clarify muffler rule for 2011
and beyond See article
in NW Rules
Taming the nose-heavy Combat plane See article in Combat section >>
Updated with photos! Oregon Flying Fun No. 3 becomes
hangar-flying event See article
in WOLF section of
Northwest Club News
<< A favorite engine
reborn See article
Northwest fliers score high in 2010 national
Combat standings See article in Combat section
Oregon Flying Fun No. 2:
Flite Streaks galore! See article >>
<< Norm
Whittle's Electric Stunt Cookbook See
article in Aerobatics
section
Rules change proposed for .15 Carrier, adding
profile requirement withdrawn See article in Northwest Rules section
Oregon and B.C. fun-flies ring in the New Year See article
Bod Busters take a whack
at New Sport 40 Carrier event See
article in Navy
Carrier section
How to get choose and build your Northwest Sport
40 Navy Carrier plane See
article in Navy
Carrier section
New rules to be used for 2011 Chehalis Cup 80mph
Combat series See article in Combat section
AMA rules changes for 2011-12 summarized See article in NW Rules section
Early C Speed test flights show promise See article in Speed section
This page was updated Jan. 1, 2025
Northwest Records and
Regionals Records
updated with Northwest Regionals results