Title: Astron

Kit number: KA-23

Background Information brief: Downscale of original Centuri design, 18mm motor mount

Designer: Centuri (Semroc “Retro-Repro”)

Release Date: 12/13/2009

In Production: 2009-2014


Instruction PDF

https://www.oldrocketplans.com/semroc/Semroc_Astron.pdf

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	Semroc_Astron.rkt (158.5 KB, 35 views)
	Semroc_Astron_decal_600_dpi - Oct 2020.pdf (785.1 KB, 39 views)
	Semroc_Astron_fins_200_dpi - Oct 2020.pdf (1.26 MB, 36 views)

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Jay Goemmer
"Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero"
YORF Member 28
Semroc SAM #0029
NAR 86131


"I think about organizing things all the time. Never seems to happen. I find something that piques my interest and I'm off on a quest. Or a Centuri. "

--Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022


“Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.”
Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

The Astron fin pattern was rescanned at 200 dpi, and now replaces the original scan.

__________________
Jay Goemmer
"Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero"
YORF Member 28
Semroc SAM #0029
NAR 86131


"I think about organizing things all the time. Never seems to happen. I find something that piques my interest and I'm off on a quest. Or a Centuri. "

--Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022


“Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.”
Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

Archive of product page:https://web.archive.org/web/2014041...s.asp?SKU=KA-23

The kit was announced in the 2009 Christmas email.

Carl’s description of how the Astron came about:
“The Astron was our choice for the free kit for all new NAR members last year. We were going to give away the Astro-Jr, which was a downscale of the Astro-1, but it was designed for mini-engines. We kept most of the Astron the same, except for the engine mount (to standard 18mm size) and changed the parachute to streamer.
It was going to be called the Astro-N (for NAR), but a trademark search showed that Estes-Cox had permanently revoked their trademark registration of "Astron" earlier in the year so we dropped the hyphen for simplicity and used Astron as the name of the new kit.”

The Christmas 2010 email announced the kit was upgraded to a slotted tube: Semroc Christmas Message2010
And another...
Between now and December 24, we will also include a free Astron with all orders over $25.00 after discounts. This is the new Astron with a pre-slotted tube.

*Bagged kit images courtesy of BEC

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It would be greatly appreciated if you can post if you have or can make the version 1 unslotted tube version of:
Semroc Fin patterns (200 dpi grayscale PDF)
Semroc Decal scan (600 dpi color PDF)

The instruction PDF has been added to the original post.

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