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Jay's Centuri Fireflash build thread
Bill E. ("Wallyum") will be happy to hear that the build portion of this thread now begins.
Picture #1: Most of the parts, including nose cones, tubes, birch dowels, centering rings, and launch lugs, etc., (yes, the fin stock is obviously missing). #2: Main body tube is marked for 8 fins, pod tubes for 4 "fins." Ejection duct holes are cut centered on two opposing fin lines for "aft" fins. Main tube shown with centering rings, pod tubes with ejection duct tubes installed. #3: Closeup cross section of duct tube assembly. #4: First pod attached with "extra" (unglued) centering rings to insure correct alignment. #5: Side view to verify alignment there. To quote the other, more illustrious builders here, "TBC" (To Be Continued)... .
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1.00X Centuri Fireflash build continues
Photo gallery continues:
#6. Closeup showing method for aligning second pod with "extra" (unglued) centering rings. Glue is applied only to duct tube inserted into main body tube, and the side of the centering ring at the "forward" end of the main body tube. More later. .
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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 |
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He'd be happier to hear that this will be more than a display model.
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Bigger Fireflash!
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If it's not too much trouble. .
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Picking up loose ends
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Earlier this week, I started digging around in my rocketry supplies to see what I could find. I unearthed the nose cones for my ~1.91X ST-10 upscale. Today I began emptying cardboard boxes and condensing their contents. I managed to rustle up my 1.00X Fireflash parts, and located some 1/16" balsa for the fins. --Maybe I won't fall out of the saddle this time. We'll see.
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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 |
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Black Shire--Draft horse in human form, model rocketeer, occasional mystic, and writer, see: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperba...an-form/8075185 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6122050 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511 All of my book proceeds go to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre www.northcotehorses.com. NAR #54895 SR |
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Thanks for the enthusiasm, as always! I'm basically building the 1.00X version as a reference for an ST-10-based ~1.91X upscale. That ring in front of the main nosecone is causing me some potential painting dilemmas. Cheers,
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If acrylic paint doesn't leave visible brush strokes (as I've read in G. Harry Stine's "Handbook of Model Rocketry"), that might be the easiest option to use for painting that area, after gluing those parts in place. (If you need that area to match the color on a larger portion of the model [this may not be necessary; I can't quite picture the Fireflash's decor scheme in detail], the same paint could be applied elsewhere on the model with an airbrush, to avoid the chore of brush painting much or all of the rest of the rocket.)
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Black Shire--Draft horse in human form, model rocketeer, occasional mystic, and writer, see: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperba...an-form/8075185 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6122050 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511 All of my book proceeds go to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre www.northcotehorses.com. NAR #54895 SR |
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If you look closely at the (admittedly color-coded) 2D cross section, you should be able to see there's a small distance between the ogive cone and the foremost (i.e., "front") ring assembly. I'm considering either: A) Moving the forward ring somewhat further forward, or... B) Eliminating it completely, and possibly... C) Substituting a small rectangular fin for the crosswise dowel and the forward ring between the two pods.* *I'm sure RockSim would *love* that.
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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 |
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