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Old 03-31-2008, 05:41 AM
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Estes was not the only company to have green casing 18mm motors.

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These were probably made by estes using the same Shamrock paper?
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These were probably made by estes using the same Shamrock paper?
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I have some green Centuri motors dated '73 that also have the gray nozzle clay with graphite, I believe these were made by centuri
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I have had/flown several Estes & Centuri 18mm "green" paper motors in the past.
I actually have had MORE 13mm Centuri "long" mini-motors in A4-xM and B4-xM varieties in green than any of the 18mm stuff.
Seem to remember flying some "blue" 13mm Centuri Mini-Motors too, but may be wrong on that one.
Unfortunately I have no intact/unfired or fired "long" Centuri mini-motors any longer.
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lessee... there's a pack of MPC B3-3 motors, a pack of Canaroc B18-5 motors (plastic case and KP/polyurethane(??) fuel), Garoq's old Pro-Jet motors(F45 and E20), the afore-mentioned green Centuri mini-motors, the spiral wound A3-0 (can't really tell much about it from this distance though), a MPC B4-5 mini motor, an early D11-9, a later B.8-4 motor (.5" id, but still has the trumpet bell shaped nozzle), a recent German C6-5, a Shorty 1/2a booster, a box of A-4 Estes-made Rock-A-Chutes, an infamous FSI D18, an early D12, a D13 booster, a Cox A6 motor, an old A.8-3 motor, a Centuri 1/2a6-4 motor (the last two have a 0.41 i.d), and hiding is a German-made MRC C6-5 from about 20 years ago.


Roy: are those Rock-A-Chutes the Brown-manufactured ones? or the Estes Enterprise relabled ones? If they are Brown Manifacturing I would love to see a close up of the nozzle with a ruler. Also do they have simple cylinder shaped nozzles or more modern nozzles. Ca

That white German C6-5 is that a WECO?

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Estes was not the only company to have green casing 18mm motors.

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SHould I assume that the Centuri motor is a relabeled Estes motor?

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Roy: are those Rock-A-Chutes the Brown-manufactured ones? or the Estes Enterprise relabled ones? If they are Brown Manifacturing I would love to see a close up of the nozzle with a ruler. Also do they have simple cylinder shaped nozzles or more modern nozzles. Ca

That white German C6-5 is that a WECO?

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One way of telling the difference between an Estes made and Centuri made motor is that the Centuri motors used graphite and the angle of the nozzle was different. This info from a very reliable source.
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I have had/flown several Estes & Centuri 18mm "green" paper motors in the past.
I actually have had MORE 13mm Centuri "long" mini-motors in A4-xM and B4-xM varieties in green than any of the 18mm stuff.
Seem to remember flying some "blue" 13mm Centuri Mini-Motors too, but may be wrong on that one.
Unfortunately I have no intact/unfired or fired "long" Centuri mini-motors any longer.


I still do, and all of the B4-xM's are green. ABout half of the A4's are too.

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Old 04-01-2008, 11:40 PM
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I was under the impression that Centuri never made motors, that they were always made by Estes: under a licensing agreement up until Damon acquired both Estes and Centuri, and then together as the combined company.

Is this not the case? I would be surprised to hear that Centuri started making motors after Estes had been making their motors for years and that they were a combined company.

I know that I have a couple of Estes green motors, and some of the long Centuri mini motors in both blue and green.

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