Manufacturer: | Apogee Components ![]() |
My order o' a Centrix, matey, 1/4A2-4, shiver me timbers, and 1/2A2-6, matey, arrived in about 6 days in a box much small than I had expected, these are little dinks after all.
Centrix
T' instructions are very similar t' Estes', ya bilge rat, and t' kit is very
straight-forward. Aye aye! I put rounded edges on t' 3 nicely die-cut balsa fins,
filled w/fill n finish, me bucko, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, and glued t' t' body tube with tacky glue. Well, blow me down! Next the
Keelhaul®©™® shock cord is tied t' t' thrust ring, which is glued inside t' body.
In order t' get t' rin' up inside t' tube I used a 3/8" dowel. T' nose
shock cord attachment is unique; a small bead bein' used t' retain t' Keelhaul®©™®
in t' nose. Begad! Tyin' t' plastic streamer t' t' shock cord finishes the
construction. Avast! I primed me Centrix (a good idea, matey, t' tube is slippery), arrr, and then
put on waaaayyyyyy t' much purple paint. Blimey! In t' end it looks fairly nice, arrr, and
weighs in at a measly 5.9 grams (.2 oz).
Micro motors
It was cold and windy out so I only flew t' 1/4A2. Ignition be a big pain (especially with me fingers freezin' off). Ya scallywag! Blimey! I had 2 misfires with one motor, then switched t' another and got it going. Avast, me proud beauty! Begad! T' igniters are tricky. Ya scallywag! Avast! Care must be taken nay t' short it at all. Arrr! I didn't have any problems with fusin' like at NARAM, since I'm usin' t' ultimate wimpy launch controller (I've got a battery upgrade coming). Aye aye! I fear that t' first engine may have been chronically-unstartable. Avast, ya bilge rat, me proud beauty! Once it goes his pyrogen is pretty hot, and t' rocket popped o' t' pad. T' Lots-A-Smoke delay lived up t' its name with a billowing trail. Aye aye! T' rocket coasted t' what looked like 200 feet (hard t' tell) and fell half way back down (delay seemed like 6 sec instead o' 4). Well, blow me down! T' ejection finally came with a loud POP! T' rocket separated :( I think I used t' little glue on the thrust ring. Aye aye! On recovery I found it stank *really* *bad* o' S02, arrr, with what looked like sulfur residue on t' nozzle and forward end o' t' motor.?
Overall? A very well put together product, ya bilge rat, arrr, t' ignition needs t' be fixed. Avast, me proud beauty! Ahoy! I like t' bead in t' nose and smoke o' t' motors.
Relinquished by Scott Johnson @
Brief: My Centrix kit and two A2-7 motors arrived a few days before Christmas 1998. (Having spent my rocket budget on HPR, I had ordered the minimum needed to get this thing in the air.) As soon as I had the kit out of the box I knew it was something very, very cool. Centrix is the most basic kit for Apogee's 10.5mm micro-motors and is optimized for their characteristics. It is ...
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