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Old 12-20-2012, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by tbzep
With no centering rings, what keeps the BT-101 from deforming while handling? I take it that the third stage transition and the F-1 assembly are all that keeps the body tube round?


You may be right. I'd have to go back and look at the parts and instructions again (I only had time to look through the box once and that has been several weeks ago).

But it did not have the standard full length stuffer tube and centering rings like what I am familiar with on the Centuri Saturn V, at least best I recall.

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