Control-line and Combat links page
The internet has been great for Control-line because it brings the otherwise sparse fraternity around the world together. It lets you shop, read and discuss Control-Line no matter where you are. Here are a few useful links to get started with.
Info
http://www.clcombat.info - the biggest control-line combat web site (USA oriented).
http://www.lamerc.com/users/spark/MACAsite/macamain.html - Minature Aircraft Combat Association (MACA) site. MACA is the recognised special interest group for Control-line Combat.
http://dkd.net/clmodels/ for control-line info and newsletters with an Australian perspective.
http://f2dnews.homestead.com/Docs/CLCombat.pdf - Great F2D Combat Introduction by Mark Rudner
http://www.go-cl.se/cl.html - General Control-line info page (with a racing emphasis) - lots of model engineering info too.
News
http://dkd.net/clmodels/currnews.html - Australian Control-line News (ACLN)
http://f2dnews.homestead.com/ - F2D News from Mark Rudner (USA oriented, but lots of tips on F2D flying)
Videos
F2D Combat videos - Remember though, its more fun for the pilots than for a spectator.
Vendors
Control-line
http://www.viko-shop.com/shop/ - Viko models (Ukraine supplier of F2D equipment).
http://www.rusengines.ru/?lang=en - Cyclon F2D engines (now "Top" engines)
http://mbsmodelsupply.com/ - supplier of misc. control-line gear (Nelson glowplugs, bladder fittings etc.)
R/C
http://www.hobbyking.com - supplier of very cheap hobby products (mostly RC)
Clubs
http://www.f2alc.com/ - Aeromodellers of Logan City in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (more details on the ALC page)
http://modelenginenews.org/tbirds/index.html - Thunderbirds model aero club in Brisbane, Australia.
http://www.aeromodellerswa.info/mercurians/index.html - Mercurians MAC, Perth, Australia.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~stivej/TARMAC/Default.htm - Thornlie and Regions Model Aero Club, Perth, Australia. (includes some nifty articles under the innocuous heading "useful things").
http://controlline.kirtons.com/index.html - Western Australian Model Aircraft Control Line Site, Australia.
http://www.noclassmac.com/ - New Zealand's (combat oriented?) control-line-only club
Organisations
http://www.maaa.asn.au/ - MAAA, main Model Aeronautics body in Australia
http://nzmaa.org.nz/apps/main.asp - NZMAA, the main body for Model Aeronautics in New Zealand
Weather
http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/qld.asp - Australian wind and weather 7-day forecast.
Misc.
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/control_line/streamer_stalkers_international_combat.htm - F2D game (not really a simulation though)
http://f2d.fortech.cz/clsim/index.html - Reasonable F2D simulator program by Dalibor Toman, but needs a special handle input device. Peter Mills has created a modified version of the program which uses an old joystick potentiometer (see Combat Simulator) for the input device.