This page will be updated in reverse order with the latest series of changes to this web site. If you're familiar with the site, this page will let you know the tweaks and additions that happen over time. I'll update this list with the most recent entries first so you can find things easily. I'll also try to include URLs to new pages so you can check them out directly from here.
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| May 3, 2008 | Cancelled the
Oxford Spring
contest (May 4th) as per Rene's request |
| April 30, 2008 | Updated the next
contest link. |
| April 18, 2008 | Added the
Oxford Spring
contest (May 4th) Added the Oxford Fall contest (November 2nd) |
| February 7, 2008 | Added the
Sturbridge Spring
contest (April 20th) Added the Hudson NH July 20th contest Added the Sturbridge Fall contest (September 21st) Added the Hudson NH October 26th contest |
| February 6, 2008 | Updated the Main Page to remove the warning about our domain being broken. It appears Yahoo (the hosting ISP) has resolved the issue. Updated the next contest link. Created the 2008 combat calendar file. |
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| September 9, 2007 | Updated the next
contest link. Added the The Quinapoxet Club contest report (May 27th) |
| May 1, 2007 | Updated the next
contest link. Added the Sturbridge Spring contest report(April 29th) Added the The Quinapoxet Club contest (May 27th) Added the 4/8/06 Gremlin Combat at Quinapoxet and 4/29/07 Gremlin Combat at Sturbridge reports to the Newsletter index Fixed some links to the RCCA on the Newsletter index header |
| April 26, 2007 | Added the hobby shop website link for Tumwater Hobby |
| April 22, 2007 | Updated the next
contest link. Added the Sturbridge Spring contest (April 29th) Added the Sturbridge Fall contest (September 16th) Added the Hudson NH July 15th contest Added the Hudson NH October 28th contest Added two new Hobby Shops carrying kits Tumwater WA and Lexington SC |
| March 25, 2007 | Updated the Main
Page text
to let people know that we are under a DDoS and that we have an
alternate email to use.. |
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| May 1, 2006 | Corrected the date on the October
29th Hudson
NH contest Added the Sturbridge Spring contest |
| April 30, 2006 | Added the July 30th
Hudson NH contest And the October 23rd Hudson NH contest |
| April 29, 2006 | Updated the next
contest link. Added the Quinapoxet contest report (with pictures) Changed the Sturbridge Spring contest ranout makeup date (5/7) |
| March 19, 2006 | Updated the next
contest link. Added the Quinapoxet contest Added the Sturbridge Spring contest Added the Sturbridge Fall contest |
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| October 15, 2005 | The October 16th
Oxford Contest has been *CANCELLED* due to the rain the last
week. |
| September 19, 2005 | Updated the next
contest link. Added the Sturbridge contest report (with a few pictures) Added the report to the Newsletter index Removed the Ch58 warning from the Sturbridge Directions as people have used it successfully the last couple of seasons |
| September 11, 2005 | long overdue update Updated the next contest link. Added the CMRCM contest report (with a few pictures) Added the Quinapoxet contest report (with a few pictures) Added the rain shortened SNHRRC (Hudson NH) contest report (with a few pictures) Added the Oxford contest report Added the all four reports to the Newsletter index Added a new Hobby Shop selling Gremlins in Terry MT |
| May 7, 2005 | Added the June 4th
Contest to the Combat Calendar. Added a "How to launch" video to the main page Gremlin section as well as the Current Products page. This shows Dave Beach launching at the Sturbridge Spring 2005 Gremlin Contest. (Video thanks to Ken Roberts) |
| April 18, 2005 | Added the April 17th
Sturbridge Contest Report to the Combat Calendar and
moved the next
contest link. Added the report to the Newsletter index as well |
| April 10, 2005 | Added the August 21st
CMRCM Westboro MA Contest announcement to the Combat Calendar. |
| March 5, 2005 | Added the July 31st
and October
30th
Hudson NH Contest announcements to the Combat Calendar. |
| February 27, 2005 | Added the May 15th
and October
16th
Oxford Contest announcements to the Combat Calendar. |
| January 24, 2005 | Added the April 17th
Spring and September
18th Fall
Sturbridge Contest announcements to the Combat Calendar. |
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| November 4, 2004 | Added the Oxford
contest report, the Hudson
NH
contest report and
moved the next
contest link. Added the reports to the Newsletter index as well |
| October 2, 2004 | Added the Sturbridge
Fall
contest report and
moved the next
contest link. Added the report to the Newsletter index as well |
| August 22, 2004 | Added the CMRCM
contest report, the Southern
New Hampshire Radio Control Club (Hudson NH) contest report and
moved the next
contest link. Added the reports to the Newsletter index as well |
| April 19, 2004 | Added the Sturbridge
contest
report and moved the next
contest link. Added the report to the Newsletter index as well Added a pdf file with the contest forms to the Newsletter index also |
| April 17, 2004 | Updated the Gremlin picture
on the main page to
show the new
lettering available. Reformatted the main page a little. Added the Quinapoxet contest report and moved the next contest link. Added the report to the Newsletter index as well Added the June 13th and October 10th contests to the Combat Calendar. |
| March 21, 2004 | Updated Al Vasquez's (MrAlbertoV2@msn.com) email address. Added directions to the Hudson NH field from the south. |
| March 13, 2004 | Added the April
10th, July
18th and
October 31st contests to the Combat Calendar. |
| March 6, 2004 | Updated the order
form so it fits better on a single page and generated a PDF version for
people to use. Changed the main page to add the PDF order form and to make it more visible. Changed the current products page to add the PDF order form and to make it more visible. Added the April 18th and September 19th Sturbridge contests to the Combat Calendar and moved the next contest link. Updated the Hog Heaven Hobbies link on our Hobby Shop page to include their new address and a pointer to their website. |
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| October 20, 2003 | The October 26th Merrimack NH contest has been cancelled. |
| June 8, 2003 | The June 15th CMRCM contest has been rescheduled to June 29th
due to Father's Day Added the Sturbridge Spring Contest and RHFC Oxford MA contest reports. Added the reports to the Newsletter index as well |
| May 19, 2003 | Moved the next
contest pointer to the June 14th NENats contest in Salem CT. The June 15th CMRCM contest may get rescheduled due to Father's Day |
| March 8-9, 2003 | Updated the order
form
so it fits better on a single page Split the contest calendar to split out the 2001 and 2002 contest reports to reduce the size of the current calendar. Moved the next contest pointer to the April 13th contest in Sturbridge MA. (just a little more than a month away!) There are 4 contests for 2003 listed with 3 more in Oxford and CMRCM being firmed up. |
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| June 30, 2002 | Moved the next
contest pointer to the July 27th (note date change) contest
in Merrimack NH. Added the Hadley Mass August 10th contest information (note date change) Added the RHFC Oxford MA contest report. Added the report to the Newsletter index as well |
| June 10, 2002 | Moved the next
contest pointer to the June 23rd contest in Oxford MA. Added the RCCA regional combat Nationals contest report. Added the report to the Newsletter index as well |
| May 26, 2002 | Fixed a bunch of broken anchors in some older pages including
R/C Soaring
Digest articles, contest
reports from 2000, and
even the what's new
file. Fixed a bunch of broken links in some older pages including the cutter page, the images index, old contest reports here and here, our missing page link, our other cutting services page, our current products page, a contest report image page and the hobby shop directory. Added the CMRCM May 19th contest report and linked it into the contest report archive |
| May 6, 2002 | Added the
Mayhem in Merrimack contest report. Added the report to the Newsletter index as well Moved the next contest pointer to the May 19th contest. |
| April 15, 2002 | Added the
April 14th contest report. Added the report to the Newsletter index as well Moved the next contest pointer to the May 4th contest. |
| April 9, 2002 | Added some Gremlin pictures from Matt Sheppard to the customers' images
page. Added the March 23rd contest report including several pictures Added the report to the Newsletter index as well Moved the next contest pointer to the April 14th contest. Made a new directory and placed single page directions for all the currently active fields in it. I linked the current calendar events to the specific pages so we won't have anyone else showing up with 22 pages of output from printing directions (sorry). |
| March 19, 2002 | Updated the club website link for the Rocky Hill Flying
Circus in the field
directions and clarified the directions to the Quinapoxet
Club for this weekend's contest. The MAYhem in Merrimack contest has been added to the calendar on May 4th. This is an open class (any plane up to .46/5lbs) contest in a 4-6 planes per round format. |
| March 3, 2002 | Updated the four contest date reservations with
announcements. May 19
and August 25 for Central Mass and June 23 and Sept 15 for Rocky Hill
(Oxford MA). Check the
contest calendar for details. |
| February 22, 2002 | Fixed Mark Versprille's email address in his CD listings. Added four contest date reservations for dates awaiting final club approval this summer. Check the contest calendar for dates involved. |
| February 12, 2002 | Cleaned up a little HTML in some of the pages. No content
changes
involved. Added the Saturday March 23rd contest in Bolton MA to the calendar. This will be held by the Quinapoxet Model Flying Club. This brings our calendar to 7 events and I know there's a couple more planned, just waiting for dates. I guess the ground hog foresaw 6 weeks until COMBAT! |
| January 29, 2002 | Did a major revamp of the contest calendar file organization.
There are
now separate files for the reports of 2000 and back. One for each year.
I tried to make sure all the links point to the right one but if you
find a bad one, let me know. This should improve the loading of the
current calendar. Speaking of the current calendar, there are now 6 entries for contests in the coming year. Two in Sturbridge, two in Merrimack NH, one in Salem CT and The third annual Toys for Tots also in Merrimack. Check the calendar for details Updated the October 27th Open Combat in Sacramento CA and Southern New Hampshire Flying Eagles October 28th pointers to now point to the contest reports. Moved the Next Contest pointer to after these events. Updated the Newsletter archive index to include these reports |
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| October 24, 2001 | Updated the Rocky
Hill Flying Circus of Oxford MA Fall Gremlin contest entry to now
include the event report Updated the Newsletter archive index to include this report Updated the 2nd Annual New Hampshire Toys for Tots Fly In to include an initial report and some pictures. Moved the Next Contest pointer to after these events. Added a series of pictures to the customer supplied images page, including ones taken at the Sturbridge Fall 2000 contest . |
| October 2, 2001 | Updated the CMRCM
Fall contest entry to now include the event report Updated the Newsletter archive index to include this report |
| October 1, 2001 | Moved the Next
Contest
pointer to after yesterday's CMRCM event Updated the Rocky Hill Flying Circus of Oxford MA Fall Gremlin contest to change the date from October 14th to Saturday October 13th. Added a promotional photo to the Toys for Tots entry. |
| September 17, 2001 | Updated the Sturbridge
Fall contest entry to now include the event report Updated the Newsletter archive index to include this report and reformatted it a bit (again) Moved the Next Contest pointer to after the event Updated the CMRCM field directions to point to the club website for the new entrance position. |
| September 15, 2001 | Added the Sacramento
Area Modelers AirPark Open Combat contest in Sacramento CA on
October 27th and the
Comair 4th Annual Halloween Gremlin Combat Contest in Burlington KY
on October 28th to the contest calendar. Updated the 2nd Annual New Hampshire Toys for Tots Fly In to include the URL of the club's event page. |
| August 18, 2001 | Added the CMRCM
Fall Gremlin contest on September 30th and the Rocky
Hill Flying Circus of Oxford MA Fall Gremlin contest on October
14th to the contest calendar. |
| August 15, 2001 | Added the 2nd
Annual New Hampshire Toys for Tots Fly In to the contest
calendar. Note: RA Cores will be selling kits at this event and donating part of the purchase price to the charity. See the announcement for further details |
| August 8, 2001 | Added the Southern
New Hampshire Flying Eagles Halloween contest to the contest
calendar. |
| August 5, 2001 | Added the Sturbridge
Fall contest to the contest calendar. Created a Gremlin repair hints page to help people keep their Gremlins flying after a few bumps in the road. I also added the Gremlin repair hints page to the Gremlin section of the main index page. |
| August 1, 2001 | Updated the July
29th Merrimack NH contest entry with the contest report. Updated the Newsletter archive index to include this report and reformatted it a bit |
| July 11, 2001 | Added VROM
Computers & Hobbies, a new hobby shop carrying gremlin kits in
Blackshear GA. Added an email address and web site for Terryville Hobby Center in Pequabuck CT. |
| June 26, 2001 | Added the July
29th Merrimack NH to the combat calendar. |
| June 15, 2001 | Changed the New
Boston NH field status to closed. Added a year 2001 section header to the combat calendar. |
| June 14, 2001 | Added the June
9th NENats, Salem CT and June
10th Rocky Hill Flying Circus, Oxford MA contest reports. Updated the Newsletter archive index to include the last year's worth of contest reports |
| May 22, 2001 | Added the May 20th
CMRCM Westboro MA contest report. |
| April 23, 2001 | Added the Sturbridge
MA contest report, including video of one of the midairs, May 20th
CMRCM Westboro MA and, June
10th Oxford MA, contests to the calendar. |
| March 24, 2001 | Long overdue update to the website. Real Life kept getting in
the way Updated the clearance page to remove the stands. The last one has shipped. Updated the current products page to remove the reference to the stands on the clearance page. Updated the other cutting services page to fix some email addresses. Fixed Cliff Piper's address in the hobby shops page. Added the April 21st Sacramento CA (removed), April 22nd Sturbridge MA, June 9th Salem CT, contests to the calendar. |
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| October 3, 2000 | Added the October
14th Oxford MA Gremlin contest to the calendar |
| August 26, 2000 | Updated the 404
Page Not Found page. We seem to be getting quite a few hits for
Ultranet (our old ISP) websites. Added the September 24th Sturbridge MA Gremlin contest to the calendar Added a few new pictures to the Customer Supplied Images page. |
| August 12, 2000 | Updated the clearance
page. Only a few of the stands left. Clean up a few remaining links from rehosting our domain. We now have a general information email address of info@racores.com which should be easier to remember. The old addresses still work. |
| August 5, 2000 | Our domain has been rehosted so now the http://www.racores.com/ URL works. |
| June 8, 2000 | Added the Rocky Hill Flying Circus contest report. |
| May 30, 2000 | Added the Rocky Hill Flying Circus contest entry to be held this coming weekend. Sorry about the short notice. |
| May 11, 2000 | Updated the Lazy Loopers contest entry to the report from the contest. |
| April 17, 2000 | Updated the Sturbridge contest entry to the report from the contest. Included some pictures this time. |
| April 15, 2000 | Updated the Sturbridge contest start time in the contest calendar listing. |
| March 31, 2000 | Updated the Newsletter
archive index to include the R/C
Combat Association (RCCA) site pointers including their rules and
also added index entries for the more recent contest reports. Fixed a couple of typos in the hobby shops listing as well as the contest reports. |
| March 28, 2000 | Updated the other
cutting services page one last time to include some new copy at the
person's request. |
| March 27, 2000 | Updated (minor address addition) the other cutting services
page. Added a few email addresses to the hobby shops listing. |
| March 24, 2000 | Updated the other
cutting services page. Added an entry for the Wednesday evenings - April through October combat contests that the Black Sheep Squadron - Durham CT runs during the warmer months. This is a good weekly event for people that need a little low stress contest practice. Dennis Phelan - Organizer, 74344.2263@compuserve.com |
| March 23, 2000 | Added a couple of contest reports
for 1999 contests. Added a listing of hobby shops that carry Gremlin kits (or have in the past) |
| March 22, 2000 | Updated the next
Gremlin contest pointer to the Upcoming Sturbridge contest for
April 16th. Added a couple of contest reports for past contests including one in Texas last year that locals might find interesting since it was CD'd by former New England member Jack Zimmanck. More updates this week to get things up to date. |
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| May 27, 1998 | Updated the next Gremlin contest pointer to the rescheduled Sturbridge rain makeup contest for May 30th. |
| May 4, 1998 | Updated the main page to include a pointer to the other cutting services page. |
| May 2, 1998 | Updated the next
contest
pointer to the 5/2/98
Sturbridge contest (which was rained out) Updated the Newsletter archive with a pointer to the report done by Dave Walter of an April 1996 Sturbridge contest. Updated the clearance page. Updated the current products page to remove the custom core cutting and outdated Boxer Pattern cores. Updated the order form. Updated the show attendance page. Added a reference to Fred Cass's 3D rendering of a Gremlin on his website in the customer supplied images section. Please note that I will no longer be doing custom core cutting. I will continue to supply standard products but I don't have the time available to do custom wings. I hope to update all the web pages today to reflect this. I have tried in the past to fit them in but the demand has been too high for the time I have available. I felt the Gremlin and 2 meter replacement wing kits were the best I could hope to maintain in stock. |
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| April 22, 1997 | Updated the next
contest
pointer to the 5/17/97
Sturbridge contest Please note that I will be travelling on business from 4/23/97 to 5/5/97 so no email or order processing will be done during this time. |
| March 13, 1997 | We are no longer able to get Obechi and offer it to our
customers.
I have had an order in since before Christmas which has gone unfilled
and
have had no success in securing another supplier at reasonable prices.
I have removed the option from the product
listing as well as the order form. We
will still cut with this allowance but can no longer supply the obechi
sheeting. The fax software is finally running reliably on the voice line. Feel free to fax us now. We can also fax quotes back to you if you prefer. We have a limited number of specialty items which we'll list in out clearance section. |
| March 2, 1997 | Added a couple of pictures to the customer
supplied images section. Changed the fax number in various places. The previous number was also my outgoing modem line and was constantly busy. I've gotten a line manager for the business line and it will properly route faxes or voice. Use the (508) 765-9998 line for faxes as well as voice. |
| February 24, 1997 | Added the much sought after Rules of Gremlin
Combat used at the New England contests. A link to this has been
placed
on the Newsletter
archive index. Updated the show index to include the Tidewater show in the fall and next year's WRAM show. Removed the show reference for WRAM 96 from this weekend. Updated the Combat Contest calendar to include the first four 1997 contests I've been notified of. 2 Gremlin contests and 2 open contests allowing general planes (including Gremlins). |
| February 5, 1997 | Added an animation to the customer supplied images section. Finally found and fixed the references to Selig's databases. |
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| November 20, 1996 | Our Fax number has changed. The new number is (508) 764-8611. (updated various references) |
| October 23, 1996 | Updated the page for the cutter to include some pictures of the computer and the stepper motor driver hardware. |
| October 22, 1996 | Added images of the GremPhibian from Dan Snow as well as a picture of Eric and I in our Gremlin shirts and a picture of the GremTwin to the customer supplied images section. |
| October 5, 1996 | Updated the frequencies used
for
NERCCA contests listing to reflect the 10/5 contest Updated the next contest pointer and added the 9/28 CMRCM contest report |
| September 30, 1996 | Updated the frequencies used
for
NERCCA contests listing to reflect the latest contest Updated the next contest pointer to the 10/5/96 Sturbridge contest |
| September 20, 1996 | Added the What's new page to the web site. The page will be updated as important changes get made |
| September 18, 1996 | Added the 9/28/96 CMRCM Westboro Gremlin contest to the Gremlin Contest Calendar |
| September 9, 1996 | Added an online printable order form, a form based custom quote form, and a printable/faxable custom quote form to the site. Revised and reformatted the current product and ordering information page to point to these new online forms. |
| September 3, 1996 | Added a page for the actual cutter I use that includes movies of it cutting a set of cores. |
| July 30, 1996 | Got back into production with the help of my wife doing most of the cutting. We can do all our previous products except custom airfoil digitizing. |