What's New at the RA Cores Web Site

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.



2008
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.


2007
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..


2006
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


2005
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.


2004
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.


2003
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.


2002
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


2001
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
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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.


2000
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.


1999

1998
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.
Jim


1997
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.


1996
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.