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Merry Christmas
From ParkJets.com


December 25, 2005

The www.parkjets.com November/December Newsletter

This Newsletter can be read online at http://www.parkjets.com/newsletter.html

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In This Issue
1. Time sure fly's by - November's  review
2. 2005 and Beyond
3. The Monthly Top Ten Parkjet Designs
4. Whats Coming Soon!!


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1. Time Sure Fly's By - or what happened to November and December

   Well, I don't know about you, but the last 2 months have sure been busy for me!! 

    I sure spent a lot of time on the website this year, starting it on July 20,2005 with a dream of getting everyone's Parkjet's Plans all on one page, to make it easier for everyone to find a Parkjet to build.  Well that dream has turned into something fantastic, and I thank ALL OF YOU!! for making it possible!!
All of you, my friends and R/C flying buddy's from around the world have brought our hobby to a bright and happy place in 2005. 
WE STARTED AN INDUSTRY FOLKS!!!

That's right!!  At the beginning of 2005 there was not much at all going on with the Parkjet's segment of the Electric R/C aircraft hobby.  Then a handfull of bright designers steped forward, Steve Shumate, Tom Nelson, Tim Hunt, and others (see the full list on the Free Plans Page) and created the Parkjets!!  I've done nothing more than spend the time to compile there works on this website, so that everyone can benifit.  


All of these designers deserve your praise and your donations for freely giving there plans to the public, instead of selling out to the highest bidder and forcing us to "buy a kit" that is usually stuffed with junk we don't want or need.  There is a perfect example of this with the  Alien Aircraft Sighted http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=287323 Aircraft


This Mako Jet is now forsale for $159.95  Including a A.M. TX and RX  Servo's you can't use in anything else
I'd tell you where you could buy it, IF I COULD!! 

Well enough ranting :)

Everyone is settling in for there winter building projects, and I am no different.  I've got 2 jets to build before the Middle of Janurary, and no time to waste :)
   Thanks to Randy at www.DynamoElectrics.com  he was able to special order for me a  Multiplex Easy Star and a Hitec Focus 4 TX for my 12 Yr Old Step-Grandson to learn how to Fly R/C with Grandpa :) !!!  Thanks Randy!!  Now all I have to do is put together the darn thing for him LOL 

   Santa also brought me a www.3DFoamy.com T-38     Thanks to John at 3D Foamy!!!  This is going to be a very interesting build for me, The first time I'll be heat shaping Depron for a foamy Parkjet :)  Hey, ya gotta start sometime right!! 

    I just wanted to mention that the 3D Foamy F-14 is now on sale, and Man is it selling Great!!!  John has been filled with Orders, and he wants MORE!!  So, if you haven't bought this New Kit yet, you can't go wrong with the Laser Cut Kit that 3D foamy supplies.!!

  
     http://www.3DFoamy.com has become a paid advertiser on my website!!!   3D Foamy is now the EXCLUSIVE Parkjets Laser Cut Kit provider for Steve Shumates  F-14, F-15, F-18, T-38, JAS-39 Gripen, and  his newest creation, the Super Bandit!!   You can link to 3Dfoamy through all of the before mentioned Parkjets pages, and through several ad's on each of my website pages.  I hope and urge all of you to visit 3DFoamy and buy all of there great Laser Cut Kits.  Buy some for your Kids and for yourself too :)  3D Foamy has just released there F-14 Tomcat  Laser Cut Kit, and I suspect that the New Super Bandit Laser Cut Kit won't be too far behind :-)  (The only thing holding up the Bandit is that John at 3DF is trying to buy the Licenced Rights to the SB from Mr. BV himself.)

   My Free-Plans page has Surpassed the 40,000 Unique Visitor Hits Mark!!!!

On 11/01 The free-plans page surpassed 25,000 hits, this is beyond my wildest dreams!!  Think of what 40,000 New and Unique Visitors Means to me!!
 WOO HOOOO !!!
 Since the website creation on 7/20/05 I've averaged 270 Unique visitors Per Day!!!  If this keeps up, I should hit around 48 Thousand Unique Visitors by the end of the year!!  In the coming months, I'll be doing more to attract new visitors, but you can help too.  Tell your friends about the website, post the links in your favorite R/C forum, and let everyone know that we have 47+ Free Plans they can download, and build.  I am working daily to find new information for this great hobby of ours, and I'll post what I find on the website.  For Instance I've started a new ParkJet Motors Page for Pusher-Prop and EDF motors.  IF you have any requests for motor data, please E-mail me, or reply to this newsletter.
             
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  2. Plans, Plans and More Plans :) 

BigglesJets RAF Tornado
RSteel's Dassault Rafale
Steven Wongs Concorde Parkjet
Bigglesjets EF-2000 Parkjet
John Bright's Mig-29-UB Parkjet
RSteel's EF-2000 DAS1 Parkjet
GGRN's Rafale-M Parkjet

   New Plans:  There have not been a lot of new plans published lately, I'm sure this will pick-up after the holidays!! 
   

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3.   The Monthly Top 10 www.Parkjet.com Designs

      As some of you may know, I use counters to keep track of the hits that the ParkJet Plans receive.  These counters are a bit different though, as they only record "Unique Hits"  so if a person returns to a webpage they have already visited, the counter does not increase.  These are the same counters used on Ebay to track there auction hits, and they are very good indicators of how many unique visitors hits each ParkJet plan on the website has.  I think that at the first of each year, I'll zero out all of the plans, so we get a better tally of popularity.

11.  Eurofighter2000 2434 Views (New) Bigglesjets
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10.   F-35 JSF with 2479 (709 Views increase) Mr. Boogie  (-2)
  9.   F-22 Twin with 2707 Views (NEW) Velociraptors
  8.   Mig-29 UB  2883 Views (NEW) J.B's
 7.    F-16 Falcon with  2989 (836 views increase)  (Stefen Lamers)  ( -2)
 6.    F-16 Falcon with  3266 (955 Views increase) (Thomas Nelson's) (-2)
 5.    F-15 Eagle with   3709  (1251 Views Increase) Jetset44 (-1)
 4.    Super Bandit with 3718 Views (NEW) 
 3.    F-18 Hornet with 3988 (1791 views increase) (jetset44)  ( +2)
 2.   Hydro-foam with  4086 (1259 views increase)  (Unchanged)
 1.   F-14 Tomcat with 8172 (3940 Views Increase)  JetSet44  (The All Time 2005 Winner!!)
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4.  Whats Coming Soon!!!
    
   In 2006 you can look for www.parkjets.com to Hit The Road!!  I hope to be one of the Sponsors for the 2006 SEFF Fly-in.  I need to build a bunch of Kits and get old betsy fired up (my minivan)  and I am planning on hitting the road, and visiting several of the Mid-West fly-in's and Trade Shows this year.

   For the Website: 
    2006 will bring some BIG changes to the Parkjets website.  In 2006 I'm going to do for Shock-flyer Parkjets and Nano-EDF-Parkjets. when I've done for the "Regular Sized" Parkjets!!  YES  More Plans, and more types of Parkjets to Fly!!!!
    If it's an electric R/C "Jet" it will be here!!! 

   MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF MY R/C FRIENDS!!!!!!

Tom - Milwaukee
RCParkFlyer on The RC Groups
ParkJetsFlyer on The Watt-flyer Forum (Moderator too)

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If you have any comments or if there is something you would like to include on the website, please contact me at  rcparkflyer@yahoo.com