yes, they changed this past year. I bought one two years ago and it has the crappiest covering on any plane I own. I hope to strip the plane down this year and recover mine. The plane is very nice, flies good, very stable. My field is grass so I changed the retracts to H.D. Robart and added larger wheels. I ordered Hanger 9 Mustang wheel wells to make up for the larger wheels. I'm flying the Jug with a Magnum .91 Four Stroke.