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They are identical except for the blast deflector. Same mold. I'd post pics of mine, but I'm too lazy tonight.
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That’s OK. I know that parts I have all interchange even between the tall and “redesigned for more stability” versions.
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Centuri Power Tower ID-65 Blast Deflector
Bernard,
Thanks for documenting the Centuri Power Tower that you have! I've been working on a SolidWorks 3D CAD model of the ID-65 Blast Deflector (product no. 5806) for it. I've attached an image of my 3D prototype so far. It's pretty close, but I'm still tweaking it to get a good flat pattern. Kind regards, Jeff Jenkins aka: Faithwalker NAR #46879 |
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3D "printing houses" such as Shapeways (see: www.shapeways.com ) print objects in metals--including precious metals--as well as plastics (and even porcelain), so it may be possible to make reproductions of the Centuri angled jet deflectors as well as the plastic launch pad parts, and: Looking at all of the posted Centuri blast deflector pictures (I prefer their angled design to Estes' disc deflector, too, because burning propellant bits don't "splash back" onto the rockets), it looks like its design might have been inspired by a stamped metal snow shovel, which is similarly-shaped and also has the stamped-in longitudinal "stiffening ridges." I wouldn't be surprised if Leroy Piester, when looking for a contractor to produce his jet deflectors, went to a metal-stamping shop and was told, "Something like a small, stamped-metal snow shovel could be made in one operation, out of one piece of steel." Depending on the set-up costs, this might also be a viable option for having new ones made today...
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Blackshire,
Thanks for the compliment earlier! Faith in our Creator is vitally important to me. I believe it is only because of Him that we can live and move and have our being! BTW, Rocketguy101 and I are collaborating together on the 3D model of the ID-65 Blast Deflector for the Centuri Power Tower. Hopefully, we'll have some good drawings for it soon! Kind regards, Jeff Jenkins aka: Faithwalker NAR #46879 |
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Of course, some additional GSE choices, if you want to go even more retro, might be the EFC-44 Lectra Line controller (https://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/c...i65/65cen6.html) or the EFC-66 Ignition Control Panel controller (https://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/c...65/65cen54.html). *Updated the broken EFC-66 link, so it should work now. Kind regards, Jeff Jenkins aka: Faithwalker NAR #46879 Last edited by Faithwalker : 11-14-2017 at 01:30 AM. |
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Good--if the current 3D metal printing technology is up to producing a sufficiently-durable deflector (it may be), those drawings could be used (either as-is, or by using their graphical co-ordinates) to create 3D printing files for them. The drawings--as they are--could also be used by a metal-stamping shop to set up the tooling to make them.
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[QUOTE=Faithwalker]Of course, some additional GSE choices, if you want to go even more retro, might be the EFC-44 Lectra Line controller (https://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/c...i65/65cen6.html) or the EFC-66 Ignition Control Panel controller (https://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/c...65/65cen54.html).
One more retro GSE choice might be the elusive EFC-88 Heavy Duty Ignition Outfit: https://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/c...64/64cen38.html Kind regards, Jeff Jenkins aka: Faithwalker NAR #46879 Last edited by Faithwalker : 11-14-2017 at 01:32 AM. |
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