Anyone Built Estes #3232 Centuri Kit?

With paint and decals ready to launch without motor it came in at 5.05oz. which in the revised sim made it fly a tad lower on BP motors, but it gains a little maximum altitude using composites.

I wonder why this is not a more popular kit?
I'm going to do an upscale of it to BT-80 for the booster section eventually.
In my opinion the industry as a whole lacks a good selection of this style of rocket.

TopRamen said:

I wonder why this is not a more popular kit?
I'm going to do an upscale of it to BT-80 for the booster section eventually.
In my opinion the industry as a whole lacks a good selection of this style of rocket.

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It's a nice looking rocket, but a tad small for my tastes. I suspect that it's perceived as too complicated (more fins = more chances to mess up) by the first time builders, and too small by much of the BAR crowd.

Lovely work. With those decals and the black fins on a white body tube, it definitely has that old-school Centuri vibe going for it.

Thanks.

I'll echo Cookie's comment... Nice looking work

Thanks K'.

TR,

Any chance you have the measurements of the fins/bodytubes? Also, does this have an injection molded transition from the BT-50 to the BT-55, or blowmolded?

Thanks

K'Tesh said:

TR,

Any chance you have the measurements of the fins/bodytubes? Also, does this have an injection molded transition from the BT-50 to the BT-55, or blowmolded?

Thanks

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Sure, I can either measure the fins, or can attach my ORK file if you want it.
I think the Transition is.... Hmmm, not sure? How do I tell the difference?
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TopRamen said:

Sure, I can either measure the fins, or can attach my ORK file if you want it.
I think the Transition is.... Hmmm, not sure? How do I tell the difference?
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If it is blowmolded it's like the nosecone. Injection molded is super smooth (no seam visible).

K'Tesh said:

If it is blowmolded it's like the nosecone. Injection molded is super smooth (no seam visible).

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It's blow molded then.

I'm gonna' stop over to my Mom's place tomorrow to liberate this one and a few more from her basement.

The nicer weather has me dreaming of doing some flying.

it would be cool to see a photo of your Centuri and a Crossfire side by side, and any other rockets that share this nose cone in common.
Kind of a like family portrait, you know, "how cute, he has your nose"

GlenP said:

it would be cool to see a photo of your Centuri and a Crossfire side by side, and any other rockets that share this nose cone in common.
Kind of a like family portrait, you know, "how cute, he has your nose"

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I believe that at one time K'Tesh had compiled a list of models that use that cone.

Does anybody have a hi-res scan of the decals for this rocket?