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Old 10-18-2008, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Rocket Doctor
To achieve the exact dimensions as the original Centuri kits, that would mean an entire new inventory of parts with the slight differences in tolerances.

As we all know, the differences between Estes and Centuri parts were small, but, Centuri did it so that parts could not be interchanged.

I don't consider the differences small at all. Centuri tubes, besides being larger in diameter, were thicker which allowed the kits to be more durable in the long run.
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