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Previous Updates to this site


- Change Date: Nature of Change
17-dec-03
Stacks of great new links, the odd new model and fixed a couple of errors on the site.
11-nov-03
Updated links page.
5-nov-03
Another Monster Model and some changes to the Nutta writeup.
31-oct-03
Another Monster Model and changes to links.
9-oct-03
New entrants on my Monster Models pages, many more Nuttas and a new Bubbles example.
8-jul-03
Sizzler, the new high speed glider design.
19-jun-03
A long overdue update! New Bubbles examples, Lithium updates and new Depron links.
28-Apr-03
Anudda Nutta added.
25-Apr-03
A noisy Bubbles joins the gallery.
22-Apr-03
More Bubbles and Nutta examples. Added 'email' page to combat spam.
18-Mar-03
Another Monster Model photo.
10-Mar-03
Many more Large Models and some improvements to the Fibreglass Moulding guidelines.
3-Mar-03
Some Bubbles news and more Nutta and Lithium info.
3-Feb-03
Nutta launched!
30-Jan-03
Some new Monster Models.
22-Jan-03
Added more safety advice for some of the new Lithium-Polymer cells.
12-Jan03
Changed a few links and removed Hitmatic statistics code.
16-Dec-02
More Curtiss photos due to the level of interest, plus a DWG version.
15-Dec-02
Bubbles and AndNow photos, enhancements to Whoosh, rough Curtiss plans, etc.
12-Dec-02
New Links, most important of which is a great new version of PROFILI.
5-Dec-02
Photos of new Bubbles fuz on 'close-ups' page.
27-Nov-02
A few new Monster Models.
26-Nov-02
Updated Bubbles construction guidelines and added close-up photos of the new fuz. A few minor changes elsewhere.
25-Nov-02
Updated Bubbles plans to 'j' (same as 'i' but all parts of the plane and plans are now to the same version). More pdf options provided.
23-Nov-02
Some new colourful and in-flight shots of 'Whoosh'. Also added another Bubbles fan and a new Link.
11-Nov-02
Many improvements to the Tiny Treasures page, particularly a new night flying setup, a slightly improved Extra (v6), more photos, etc.
9-Nov-02
Added drawings for a super park flyer with two small GWS fan units. I have called the plane 'Whoosh'. Added a new UK Depron supplier to the Links page.
12-Sep-02
Another successful Bubbles and quite a few new Monster Models.
9-Jun-02
New version of the Extra drawings which only require 5 pages (instead of 16).
5-Jun-02
Added smaller and larger versions of the Extra fuz profile to the drawings to get around printing problems.
3-Jun-02
v3 of the Extra with a slimmed down fuz. A couple more Monster Models. Updated Weights matrix.
30-May-02
Published the new Bubbles fuz and simplified the page.
27-May-02
Another handful of large 'uns and deleted the DR1 and Electric 40 as I have reached my 15mb max again. The site comprises 1097 objects at this time! (although this number is misleading). Added another happy Bubbles customer.
26-May-02
About 40 new Monster Models added, mostly from the May Traunreut event in Germany. This includes what is now the largest of them all! Minor update to Extra 300.
17-May-02
Fixed the links and added a new Extra 300 version (v2) with slightly larger tail to improve flying characteristics. Updated Home page for the Extra.
14-May-02
A little more Extra 300 experience described.
6-May-02
Extra 300 6.5oz Depron model added.
28-Apr-02
Gordon moaned at me for not updating the site so here are some changes! A couple of new favourite Links, some new Bubbles photos and many changes and photos on the Tiny Treasures page.
27-Jan-02
A new Butterfly better designed for GWS kit, some new AndNow closeup photos to aid construction, and a bit more info/pictures on the Lithium page.
20-Jan-02
Lithium battery charger circuit diagram added.
18-Dec-01
A little bit here, there and everywhere... weights, links, butterflies, etc.
16-Dec-01
Added suggestions for Night Flying and made some changes to the Lithium cells page.
13-Dec-01
New Lithium page.
6-Dec-01
Updated some Links.
27-Nov-01
Some new Depron Links and a revamped Home page.
26-Nov-01
New drawings of the Drenalyn model.
25-Nov-01
The new Drenalyn model added to my Tiny Treasures page.
7-Nov-01
New AndNow drawings. Some phone numbers for Depron on the Links page.
2-Nov-01
Design for a scale Rib Tape Cutter added.
29-Oct-01
Updated my weights table.
24-Oct-01
Loads more Monster Models photos and a new Bubbles. A few changes to the Floats page after this year's Beale Park event.
23-Oct-01
Added floats for And_Now (yes, really!) to the Tiny Treasures page. Another colourful Butterfly graces the same page. And, a first glimpse of my new Curtiss.
1-Oct-01
More Monster Models photos. Keep them coming please.
29-Sep-01
Many more Monster Models photos and some new planes from the NEAT Fair this month. New versions of the And_Now plan.
28-Sep-01
New photos on Monster Models and separated monoplanes into single and multi-engined prototypes.
11-Aug-01
Updated my Links and Home pages.
9-Aug-01
Profili has disappered again so I've added my copy to the Links page.
8-Aug-01
Son of Bubbles 'Suds' added. Also another Monster Model.
17-Jul-01
Added a photo of Jerry Smartt's huge Miss Philly. Plans for my graceful Butterfly are now available. And another Bubbles has emerged from the balsa dust.
12-Jul-01
Added old version of Centre of Lift program to Links page so that you can print spars on rib layouts.
29-Jun-01
Added many more Monster Models and reorganised the page a little. I've even counted them - 264! Also added another UK supplier for Depron on Links page.
21-Jun-01
New Monster Models.
17-Jun-01
New Bubbles photos and my LMA Journal article added to the Monster Models page.
11-May-01
Some close-up photos of And_Now as well a few new Monster Models.
22-Apr-01
Stearman photos from Ascot added, plus more vacuum forming photos. Archived old update info to Previous Updates
18-Apr-01
Added more Butterfly info on Indoor/Park page.
13-Apr-01
Updated Indoor/Park and Stearman pages.
4-Apr-01
Started Indoor page.
3-Apr-01
Updated a few links.
18-Mar-01
Added 10.8' BV-238 to Monster Models.
11-Mar-01
Small changes to Monster Models, Stearman and Links pages.
24-Feb-01
More Monster Models.
3-Feb-01
My Stearman has now flown!
27-Jan-01
Added some more Monster Models photos as well as a simple approach to Vacuum Forming windows (without a vacuum!).
21-Jan-01
Now have a list of Monster Models, most of which exceed 9' wingspan (6' for Biplanes). Please let me know if you spot errors, have photos or can add to the list.
15-Jan-01
Added more Fibreglass moulding photos and guidelines.
14-Jan-01
Some new Stearman photos. The plane is almost ready to fly; perhaps in a few weeks...
11-Jan-01
Added another translation option. The home language of 25% of my visitors is not English.
6-Jan-01
Now have a full length top view of Bubbles fuz and the 'pdf' plans are broken down into five components to make them easier to align and use (version 'h'). Have also added a right-hand wing half.
3-Jan-01
New version ('g') of Bubbles which has a more detailed wing cross-section, top view of the rear end of the fuz and an "Accuracy Measure" line for you to check the printed size. Have scaled up the 'pdf' versions to correct a compression problem (Acrobat seems to reduce the size by about 6%). Also added the ability to view larger images on the '16 close-up photos' page.
31-Dec-00
Changed the 'pdf' versions of the Bubbles plans to match different paper sizes.
29-Dec-00
New version of the Floats full size drawing to try to improve version compatibility.
15-Dec-00
Photos of three full size Fokker DR-1's, the famous 'Red Baron'.
10-Dec-00
New version of Bubbles plans (version 'e') with some small improvements. More CAD formats provided.
9-Dec-00
Revamped Floats, Optica and aerial photography pages in response to their popularity. Improved quality and reduced file sizes of many photos.
8-Dec-00
'PDF' version of Bubbles plans now available. Only 105kb and the quality is equal to printing from CAD! Also added PDF version of my Float plans.
7-Dec-00
Corrected minor HTML syntax errors on most pages to prevent problems on different browsers.
29-Nov-00
My tracker has revealed that I get quite a few visitors from non-English speaking countries (30%). So I have added a link on the Home page to a translation engine which can dynamically translate the site to 24 languages.
28-Nov-00
Some new links, minor additions to Weights spreadsheet and reduced Home page photo file sizes.
25-Nov-00
Refreshed every page to standardise links at foot of page. Also added Actro motor photo and performance info to Stearman page.
25-Nov-00
Added site tracking so that I can improve site (counter on 2535) . Submitted URL to search engines.
19-Nov-00
The Excel spreadsheet I used to design Bubbles is now available. Almost every component listed to know where the weight will be before starting.
18-Nov-00
I wonder if I should finish this Stearman? I've got the motor for it now. Almost a pound lighter than the setup in the Fly Baby, probably more than 10% more efficient due to it being brushless and no gearbox drag.
11-Nov-00
Added Lew Weaver's photographs of his Bubbles and revamped the page.
11-Nov-00
Tim Hooper has kindly sent me photographs of his Bubbles.
28-Oct-00
Loaded 'Profili' on my web site (on Links page) since nobody can find the site any more.
27-Oct-00
New aerial and Bubbles photographs.
25-Oct-00
Some minor changes, new links and more Dragon Fly photos.
15-Oct-00
Simplified Bubbles pages, changed Dragon Fly performance stats and added new Site Map.
7-Oct-00
Construction guide to build a hot wire foam cutter.
5-Oct-00
More photos and info on aerial photography.
3-Oct-00
Added more photos of camera and servo mounting for aerial photography.
1-Oct-00
Added plans for Floats and a few links for Depron foam.
28-Sep-00
Changed names of various downloadable files (mainly to 8+3 characters, lower case, no spaces) to solve Netscape browser problems.
29-Aug-00
Replaced zipped spreadsheet files with un-zipped versions on the Absence of Matter page as the files are small.
28-Aug-00
Some new links and tidy-up.
22-Aug-00
Added Bubbles construction guidelines.
19-Aug-00
Added SITE MAP.
18-Aug-00
GIF version of Bubbles plan now provided. You no longer need CAD software to print the plans of this magnificent plane!
3-Aug-00
Completed version of Bubbles plan (version 2000d) with a few more minor changes. Also now have paper versions available at cost. Html preview option now also provided.
2-Aug-00
Bubbles again, this time changed the layout for printing on 36" wide paper (version 2000c), made a few small changes to text and added an AutoCAD version.
31-Jul-00
More Bubbles building info and FAQ's.
23-Jul-00
Tidied up drawings of Bubbles, added construction photos and made various other cosmetic changes to the site (including moving E40 links to Bubbles page).
19-Jul-00
Free Plans! First version of CAD drawings for Bubbles.
12-Jun-00
Added 'What would I do differently' sections to some of the detailed aircraft statistics pages off the Art of the Possible page. Also added more Optica photo's and info, and some new links.
4-May-00
More links and many little additions (especially to building techniques and the Optica page)
19-Apr-00
Added Bubbles and Optica to Art of the Possible page
25-Sep-99
'Fly Electric' site created


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