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Old 12-09-2008, 06:23 PM
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I had to have at least one Centuri in my collection so I picked up this nice little Javelin,it is in mint condition with some slight yellowing. This one is sealed forever! So,who was more of a Centuri fan than Estes?
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Old 12-09-2008, 07:13 PM
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I flew Centuri exclusively for the first 3-4 years of rocketry - the Javelin was my first kit, I think it was $6.95 for the rocket, 2 motors and launch pad with "lectra-line". In 2005 I celebrated 40 years in rocketry with a 4x upscale "Javelin 40"

Edit - found the ad on ninfinger - the first line says Micron but that is the Javelin
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Old 12-09-2008, 07:29 PM
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Back in 1969, when I first got started in the hobby, several friends of mine (who were brothers) got the Centuri starter set that included the Javelin and the Payloader kits and
had me assembled them (since they had no model building experience). I remember how
high the Javelin flew (always thought that NOTHING could fly higher than my first Astron
Alpha!!).

I missed out on buying the Centuri Javelin when I had the chance, but did get the SEMROC
version over the past summer. Looking forward to flying it soon....

Pic below is my SEMROC Javelin with my two Golden Scouts
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Old 12-10-2008, 12:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rustee
I had to have at least one Centuri in my collection so I picked up this nice little Javelin,it is in mint condition with some slight yellowing. This one is sealed forever! So,who was more of a Centuri fan than Estes?
(clears throat) That would be me.

http://www.rocketreviews.com/review...m_javelin.shtml


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Old 12-10-2008, 05:00 AM
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(clears throat) That would be me.

http://www.rocketreviews.com/review...m_javelin.shtml


Cheers,


Though my first model rocket was an Estes Quasar from a Citation starter kit, I was definitely a lot more heavily into Centuri rockets in my youth. In fact, I seem to recall it was a Javelin that was my 2nd model rocket. Now I find myself wanting to build another. That happens to me around here a lot.

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Centuri? Been flying Estes for YEARS until I heard anything about Centuri....76-77 time frame...
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My first kits were Estes. My first Centuri kit was a cub scout Akela-1. I have a handful of other original Centuri rockets including the Saturn 1B and V. I've got a few Semroc clones and scratch clones of Centuri rockets also, but Estes outnumbers them considerably.
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Old 12-10-2008, 11:15 AM
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I had to have at least one Centuri in my collection so I picked up this nice little Javelin,it is in mint condition with some slight yellowing. This one is sealed forever! So,who was more of a Centuri fan than Estes?



I was! I think one of the very first "Kits" I purcahsed was a Centuri Javelin. I still fly one every now and then, and just recently downscaled it to T3 size for flying on Micro's It was always my conclusion Centuri had the better designs and engineering tho I did like and buy many of the "early days" Estes kits as well
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I flew a Semroc Javelin at NARAM-50.

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Centuri was all we could get from the hobby shop in Lake Havasu City AZ in '68-'69. Later the owner started stocking some Estes. My first was the Centuri starter kit w/ the Javelin. Unfortunately, I used electrical tape to hold the motor in place, and it made a very good permenant glue! My Dad kept trying to pull the motor out, finally tore the body tube So, we went back to the HS and bought another Javelin. Flew it about 5 times before it just disappeared on a "C". I always thought that was a cool design. I got a free Semroc Javelin with one of my orders, but haven't built it yet. Ah, memories....


edit: hey! my gross posting (144)
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