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BEC 01-10-2019 10:53 PM

Conflicting versions: 1980 Centuri catalog
 
In pulling together the history data in support of the Viking build thread I promised to do in exchange for Sandman’s last Centuri Viking decal (http://www.oldrocketforum.com/showthread.php?t=15860) I was looking into when the Viking appeared as a variant of the Akela-1. There’s lots of good info here in various threads (more on that shortly).

As a byproduct of that search I got to looking at the 1980 Centuri catalog, where the Viking first appeared. However, I just noticed something of a discrepancy in posted versions of the catalog. The paper copy of the catalog I have, and the one posted on estesrockets.com (https://www.estesrockets.com/media/...980_Catalog.pdf) shows the introduction of the Viking on pages 34-35 (and the table on contents calls it out on page 35 as new). The catalog as posted on ninfinger.org (http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/no...a/80cencat.html) has the same table of contents but pages 32-47 don’t match my catalog or the one on the Estes site.

My first thought was a different version, but since some pages’ contents are duplicated, I’m more suspicious that the one on ninfinger was assembled from two different catalogs before being scanned and posted.

Has anyone else noticed this....or does anyone else really care :D?

I’ll post my own summary of the Vector-V to Akela-1 to Viking to Estes Viking (and Black Diamond) chronology in the beginning of the promised build thread either later tonight or tomorrow. I’m still trying to decide if it should be here in Model Rocket History or Projects.

astronwolf 01-10-2019 11:55 PM

I just checked out the discrepancy on the ninfinger site. Starting at page 32, the Ninfinger Centuri 1980 catalog turns into the 1979 Centuri catalog.

BEC 01-11-2019 11:29 AM

I figured it was something like that. Thanks.

GlenP 01-11-2019 11:46 AM

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The Viking character showed up in the catalog in 1982, but did he ever make it onto the actual decal sheet?
http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/nostalgia/82cen02.html

BEC 01-11-2019 01:30 PM

That’s an interesting question. He’s on the early Estes Vikings (1986 catalog introduction) but I have no idea about the Centuri 1982-1983 releases.

Anyone else know?

blackshire 01-11-2019 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by BEC
In pulling together the history data in support of the Viking build thread I promised to do in exchange for Sandman’s last Centuri Viking decal (http://www.oldrocketforum.com/showthread.php?t=15860) I was looking into when the Viking appeared as a variant of the Akela-1. There’s lots of good info here in various threads (more on that shortly).

As a byproduct of that search I got to looking at the 1980 Centuri catalog, where the Viking first appeared. However, I just noticed something of a discrepancy in posted versions of the catalog. The paper copy of the catalog I have, and the one posted on estesrockets.com (https://www.estesrockets.com/media/...980_Catalog.pdf) shows the introduction of the Viking on pages 34-35 (and the table on contents calls it out on page 35 as new). The catalog as posted on ninfinger.org (http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/no...a/80cencat.html) has the same table of contents but pages 32-47 don’t match my catalog or the one on the Estes site.

My first thought was a different version, but since some pages’ contents are duplicated, I’m more suspicious that the one on ninfinger was assembled from two different catalogs before being scanned and posted.

Has anyone else noticed this....or does anyone else really care :D?

I’ll post my own summary of the Vector-V to Akela-1 to Viking to Estes Viking (and Black Diamond) chronology in the beginning of the promised build thread either later tonight or tomorrow. I’m still trying to decide if it should be here in Model Rocket History or Projects.
I no longer have my 1980 Centuri catalog, which could have shed light on this. If you want to build an initial Estes (BT-20 size) Viking (with the molded-in-red nose cone; it first appeared in the 1986 Estes catalog [see: http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/ca...86/86est26.html ]), that nose cone can be kitbashed from the Estes Moon Mutt launch/starter set (some had a single, bagged 13 mm motor slipped into them, as I found...). I definitely prefer the original Centuri version of the Viking (with its "borrowed" Vector-V fibre fins), though.

BEC 01-11-2019 11:19 PM

Jason - I built what I would call a Centuri Viking reproduction. See the thread in “Projects”.

blackshire 01-12-2019 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BEC
Jason - I built what I would call a Centuri Viking reproduction. See the thread in “Projects”.
Thank you for the nod to me regarding the Akela-1's introduction in Boy's Life. The unusual shock cord mounting method was also used--on a possibly slightly smaller scale; it was 1/2" x 1" in size--in the original Centuri Star Trooper kit (the "long version" with nose ejection, see: http://plans.rocketshoppe.com/centu...M-3/cenKM-3.htm ). Also:

If you want an exact duplicate of the Centuri Viking nose cone, Sirius Rocketry www.siriusrocketry.com makes hollow-cast polyurethane resin duplicates (in molds that are made from the original nose cones) in their "Moldin' Oldies" line. They make more resin duplicate nose cones than are shown in their "Type C" and "Type E" listings (see: http://www.siriusrocketry.biz/ishop...s-and-parts-26/ )--I have a few of their unlisted ones, which include the #7 Akela-1/Viking nose cone.

BEC 01-12-2019 01:21 PM

Star Trooper! Good heavens. That shock cord mount (even with a more compact knot than I tied) in a ST-5 tube? I would expect the thing to be almost blocked.

Thanks for the lead on nose cones....but I think I've carried it about as far as I really want to. :)

blackshire 01-15-2019 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by BEC
Star Trooper! Good heavens. That shock cord mount (even with a more compact knot than I tied) in a ST-5 tube? I would expect the thing to be almost blocked.

Thanks for the lead on nose cones....but I think I've carried it about as far as I really want to. :)
When I built mine, I used tweezers to install that thin card stock shock cord anchor. Speaking of which, the removable shock cord anchor that I came up with (my friend, Dr. [and Col.--USAF, retired] Roy F. Houchin II, kindly wrote the article and built the prototypes, see: http://www.apogeerockets.com/educat...wsletter231.pdf ) would obviate the need to replace a glued-in shock cord mount). Also, *here* (see: http://www.rocketryforum.com/thread...rd-mount.13279/ ) is coverage--with "after-flight" photographs--of a flight-tested one built by 'McKailas Dad' (and thank you, Chris ['hcmbanjo'], for pointing out in that article that I'd designed it!), and:

You're most welcome for the nose cone leads. The Sirius Rocketry resin duplicates are quite inexpensive, though--their hollow-cast Centuri PNC-70 (used in the Centuri Lil' Herc II and Hummingbird kits) is just $3.95 (see: https://www.siriusrocketry.biz/isho...pnc-70-521.html ), and their PNC-71 (used in the X-24 "Bug" kit) is also $3.95 (see: http://www.siriusrocketry.biz/ishop...pnc-71-174.html ). Their hollow-cast duplicate PNC-76 (which was used in the Centuri Viking and Akela-1) is--if I recall correctly--just ~$5 - ~$7 or so.


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