< I'd never heard of the other planes in his series! Are plans still available? I was very pleased with his Bee-Tween. Much more so than the "Simple" series that included the Simple Citabria and simple Duster. If anyone comes across links to order plans or what magazine, year/month they were in, Please post that info!>

You can find a comprehensive list of Randys' designs and where & when they were published at: <http://www.eskimo.com/~smallnet/Rand...index.html> If you like the tiny 'stuff' then you may want to take a look at his 'One Cent', a reduction of the Nickel for the Cox .010. ($.01) Randy wasn't one to forsake a good flying model and flew (& sold!) several designs based around the 'Nickel'.
I'm a fan of the Simple series by Fred Reese as well and am almost finished with a rehab of my build of his 'Buttercup' which first flew at the early Punkin' Patch SMALL events 16-18 years ago. A few more heat cycles to complete the break-in on the new throttled Pee Wee (originally flew unthrottled) and it should be ready for test flights to see how it does after the weight-loss program.

(Duh! Thanks Hollis. Had I thought of the source above I coulda found the ECOL without help.[])

< The Nickle was my first sport plane following training with a glider. Mine turned out tail heavy with Cox .049s, probably because I covered it with monokote instead of tissue. It would make a great plane for anyone with anything from a .049 to .15 to try. The build is simple enough to be done with just basic hand tools.>

The Nickel simply begs for one of the iron-ons that mimic tissue! Randys' philosophy was largely based on 'the art of the possible' so most of his designs were built with basic materials to a simple design formula known to produce models with good flying characteristics that could be built by novices and very inexpensively as well. He was often panned for the simplistic nature and cookie-cutter appearance of his models but their 'flyability' was very hard to argue. I do however reiterate that his designs fly best as designed. Power in excess of the design goals is not only superflous but detracts from the 'flyability' aspect IMO. Those who subscibe to the theory that "too much is almost enough" will differ.
Those wanting to use a larger engine would be well advised to look to his 'Dime' in the same series. Tom @ Buzzard Bluff