My Model #KV-49 Lil" Ivan.
Love these little subby style rockets.
Purchased @ Red Arrow Hobby while working in the area.
Great flier and an easy build.
Here's mine. I had a bunch of Baby Bertha kits laying around, so I just got the fins and decal from Semroc and used Bertha parts for the rest. I am wishing I had built it to fly on 13mm engines; it would make a great partner to my Quest Cobalt 13mm for back yard flights.
Type: Clone, Sport
Motor Mount: 1x18mm
Recovery: Streamer
Stages: 1
Length: 8.7" (22.0 cm)
Diameter: 1.64" (4.2 cm)
Span: 7.0" (17.8 cm)
Weight: 1.6 oz (45.4 g)
Mfg. Description: The Lil Ivan was initially released in the 1982 Centuri Catalog. Its Russian décor reflected the Cold War period at the time. Produced near the end of Centuris existence as a separate brand, it only had a two-year run before Estes dropped most of the surviving Centuri line. It was one of the first Centuri designs that used Estes parts. Instead of the ST-16, the Lil Ivan used the BT-60 body tube and the PNC-60MS blow-molded plastic nose cone that was shared with the Big Bertha and Baby Bertha. The Lil Ivan was Centuri #5353 and was introduced with a price of $3.95.
The Retro Repro Lil Ivan is updated by using laser-cut fins instead of the original die-cut fin sheet. The original BT-60 body tube and PNC-16MS are replaced with a balsa nose cone and body tube sizes that would have been used in Centuris early years. The original rubber shock cord is replaced with an elastic cord for longer life. The originalmethod of attaching the shock cord has been replaced
by a Kevlar® cord for greater reliability. (Instruction Blurb)