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Centuri cloning
I would like to see pics of the Centuri rockets that any and all of you have cloned. Right away. Don't delay.
These are some of mine. |
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My avatar is my Blast From the Past Space Shuttle - does pre-fab count???
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As long as it's a rocket, I'm interested. I've got one of Mike's shuttles 75% finished myself. I'm a little worried about flying it, but only because I don't trust my own building skills.
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Flew mine first time on one of the last C5-3s I had stashed away. I angled the rod too much and it had a downward ejection. The booster flew farther than the orbiter. I also did not sand down the dowels enough and the engine pod caught a little, causing the booster BT to flex and strip off a line of paint over the spiral. Have flown it on a C6-3 and it's nice. I overpainted mine so the glide times are not phenomenal, but stability on boost doesn't seem to be an issue. Sure hope Mike gets his kits back into production; the upscale looks to be a beauty. |
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Even though I've built and flown my own Mach 10 and Mach 10D, I'd still like to see what the BFTP Mach 10's are like. I hope he gets back to producing them also.
BTW, I have another Mach 10 on the build pile as I type. It gets in your blood once you have a successful flight with one. I need to make another M10D also. |
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OK, here are my Enerjet SR1340 and centaur clones. |
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Here are the Centuri clones for me.
SST Shuttle: top, bottom and side views Vulcan 13MM Point. Had a nose dive so the nose cone is now rounded a little |
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Technically, mine dosn't count, as it's not a clone. - I bought the kit from ACME many moons ago. It's flown 5 or 6 times, twice succesfully. It power pranged on it's last fligh. you can see some of the crumpled tube just forward of the wing Sean Last edited by Ltvscout : 03-24-2005 at 09:00 AM. |
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Acme?
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ACME Rockets "A Grand Old Name In Rocketry" was their slogan. Grant Boyd (ex of Centuri) aparrently ended up with a lot of old Centuri kits and parts (as well as some Estes), and for while in the late 80's/early 90's had a mail order business going. He advertised in American Rocketeer/Spacemodeling. His prices were a bit high (for then), but he had alot of stuff you couldn't get anywhere else. I think I paid $17.00 for the Mach 10 kit in 1988. Sean |
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