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Originally Posted by rraeford
Does anyone know details about the Centuri V-2?
The reason I ask is that there is one for sale on ebay right now and it has a plastic nose cone. I have never seen a plastic cone like that from Centuri. Pretty old kit and all of their cones from those day were two pieces or one piece with no cap.
The kit is opened and I think it might be a replacement but it’s unfamiliar to me.
Thoughts?
Item link
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1555357600...ABk9SR6qWv5GAYg |
Hi Romie,
I have one of the Centuri KS-19 V-2 kits with the plastic nose cone. The Centuri KS-19 V-2 plastic nose cone is definitely different from the Centuri PNC-165 Quasar style plastic nose cone. See attached comparison photo for reference. The Centuri PNC-165 Quasar style plastic cone is on the left and the Centuri KS-19 V-2 plastic cone is on the right. There is a molded canopy on the Centuri PNC-165 Quasar style plastic nose cone, but there is no molded canopy on the Centuri KS-19 V-2 plastic nose cone. The V-2 plastic cone appears to be approximately 5 5/8" long above the shoulder. The shoulder is different also, as seen in the photo. The eyelet has been filed off of the V-2 plastic cone and a shock cord/shroud line attachment hole has been drilled in the conical base of the shoulder.
Even though the plastic nose cone was not mentioned in the original instructions to the Centuri KS-19 V-2 kit,
https://www.spacemodeling.org/jimz/ks-19.htm, the plastic nose cone was intentionally added later to replace the balsa nose cone in the KS-19 V-2 kit by Centuri R&D to provide "more scale accuracy". There is an Addendum to the V-2 Instructions included regarding the plastic nose cone (image attached). Also, there is a Centuri Important Note Instruction Sheet Change IP-410, saying that the kit now comes with a plastic nose cone (image attached).
There is an additional piece of literature, R&D Form 5 survey card (IP-205), included in the KS-19 V-2 kit by Centuri R&D that dates the change from balsa to the plastic nose cone around Feb. '71 (image attached).
The description for the V-2 kit nose cone in the 1971 Centuri Catalog says, "Large precisely machined balsa nose cone...",
http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/ca...d/71dcen28.html. The Centuri KS-19 V-2 kit did not appear in the 1972 Centuri Catalog, so the timeframe of the plastic nose cone in the Centuri KS-19 V-2 kit would be from approximately February 1971 until the end of the year or until supplies of the kit were sold out.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Jeff Jenkins
aka: Faithwalker
NAR #46879 SR