Introduction
This was the first rocket my buddy, Greg Vose, built. I looked at it and thought he was going to be greatly disappointed. We'd go to the launch and he'd watch F, G and H motors and then slap this dinky rocket on the pad with a 1/2 A motor and feel . . . tiny.

Well, the experience was anything but disappointing. It's a tiny rocket, sure, but it flies straight and true and really gets going even on the 1/2 A motors. Everyone got a real kick out of watching it fly. The B motors kick it up out of sight, I'm not kidding. I'm really sold on the Apogee micro motors.

The rocket is not sold as a two stager. It's sold as a stand alone rocket, and you can buy the booster seperate. It's standard light weight fare: paper tube, balsa fins and nose cone with streamer recovery. It goes together nicely and finishes just as nicely. Paint it a very bright color. Greg's is dayglo red for a reason: so we can find it after he flies it two staged with a B2-0 staging to a B2-7.

If you've heard that the Apogee motors are hard to ignite, it's hogwash. We did 5 fine flights over 2 days and only once did the motor fail to ignite. A little care is all that is needed so you don't short out the igniter. We leave the toothpick in the motor nozzle. It keeps the igniter secure and provides a small stand-off.

Real, real, small.
This is a really tiny rocket. However, as they say, it not the size of the boat but the motion of the ocean that counts. For all it's diminutive size, it flies like a champ. It gets some of the same exclamations left for much larger rockets. Especially if you fly it with the B2-7 motor. It just keeps on going.

Construction...
What's there to screw up with this rocket? It's a body tube, three die cut fins, a nose cone, an engine block, a piece of Kevlar, a little bead. That's it. Glue the fins on, glue in the engine block and the body's done. The bead holds the Kevlar to the nose cone with a drop of CA. Tie on a streamer and your ready to fly. Well almost. Paint it Day-Glo something. This is a very small, very high flyer. If your NAR club ever has an altitude event, this rocket stands a good chance of placing in the top 4.

The Super Centrix adds a booster. It's a bit trickier because you have to cut the vent holes and add little balsa reinforcers made from left over balas. It is gap staged. The throat of the Apogee micro motors is so small, though, that you'll need a 'staging igniter'. You have to order these separate from Apogee, but do buy them. Otherwise you'll never get the sustainer to ignite. The staging igniter is a bit of fast fuse that gets poked in the sustainer's engine. The booster is tumble recovered. If your NAR section is having a C altitude event, this rocket will take it (if the trackers can see it at apogee).

Materials get 5 points (on a scale of 1 to 5).

Flight & Recovery...
Like I said, it's a great flyer. The micro motors burn so long and this rocket is so light it just screams higher and higher. It's a crowd pleaser. If there's much wind, you'll need a good recovery crew. I'd keep it low on windy days. On the days where the wind is calm and the sky is clear, then let her rip with the B motors.

Here's the performance you can expect from the Centrix (single staged):

Now if you fly it two stage, you're gonna get serious altitude. This rocket will not be visible about 2000'. The motor's smoke will be. Use tracking powder. Bring binoculars.

It is such a cool rocket. This is an extreme rocket for the low power crowd. It gets 5 points.

Overall...
Bam, it's built. Whoosh, it flies like a champ. It's a crowd pleaser and you have to love that.

Overall, it gets 5 points.