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Old 07-13-2020, 09:45 PM
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I’ll plus that on the original Centuri kit. I built one about six years ago. Fun and challenging build. I can see this kit took some development time by Centuri and is not quite as simple of a kit as it might first appear.

Good job on your project there, Tim!


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Old 07-13-2020, 11:31 PM
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Fortunately, I still have the one that I built, and I still fly it once in a while. Yes, the Centuri Flying Saucer was a great kit. I would like to see someone reissue it one day.
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Old 07-14-2020, 05:48 AM
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Estes did offer it a couple years after merging officially with Centuri in 1983. Think they kitted it somewhere around 1985 or 86.
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Old 07-14-2020, 06:40 AM
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Given that the templates have been posted here, you can also get embossing templates and clone a pretty close replica of it.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:702871
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Estes did offer it a couple years after merging officially with Centuri in 1983. Think they kitted it somewhere around 1985 or 86.


You are probably thinking of the plastic version. See ‘Flying Saucer’.

http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/ca...85/85est36.html
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Didn't realize that one was plastic.
Just thought it was the Centuri one with different decor.
I only have the Centuri one.
I have flown mine with regular non-booster engines such as the C6-7, B6-2, etc.
It just blasts the ground a bit after landing and hops into the air a bit from the ejection charge.
Don't do it if conditions are very dry, a grass fire could start.
Flies best on the no-longer available C5-0S Centuri SuperC booster, but the C5-3 that has returned works just as well.
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Flies best on the no-longer available C5-0S Centuri SuperC booster, but the C5-3 that has returned works just as well.

tbzep industries can easily manufacture the C5-0 or C5-P now that proper supplies are available.
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Old 07-14-2020, 10:59 AM
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tbzep-
I LIKE tbzep industries !
A B8-0 could also be created by removing the proper amount of propellant.

Any relation to Drax Corporation or Zorin Industries ?
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A B8-0 could also be created by removing the proper amount of propellant.

Any relation to Drax Corporation or Zorin Industries ?

Totally independent. 007 will never shut me down!
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Old 07-14-2020, 02:15 PM
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Good answer !
Just dont get any component ingredients from Acme or Ajax.
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