Designer: | Larry Brown |
Manufacturer: | Centuri |
Model: | 5068, KC-8 |
Product Type: | Kit |
Production Years: | 1971-1977 |
Recovery: | Parachute |
Status: | Out-Of-Production |
Style: | Sport |
Tags: | Family:Centuri:Orion |
Brief: As model rocketry crept into the 1970s, Centuri developed a knack for producing great looking kits with a sci-fi flair. One of the better looking kits of this ilk produced during this time was the Orion, a rocket that many still consider one of their all-time favorites. Large and nicely detailed, the Orion inexplicably left production in 1977 but cloning it recently became ...
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Date | Flyer | Rocket | Altitude |
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2024-11-02 | Bill Eichelberger | Centuri Engineering Co. - Orion | 553 Feet |
2018-07-07 | Bill Eichelberger | Centuri Engineering Co. - Orion | 1,200 Feet |
2013-07-22 | Bill Eichelberger | Centuri Engineering Co. - Orion | 1,000 Feet |
2007-06-03 | Bill Eichelberger | Centuri Engineering Co. - Orion | - |
2006-06-25 | Bill Eichelberger | Centuri Engineering Co. - Orion | - |
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