You don't launch a Centuri Point over a round Estes blast deflector! My Point stayed on the launcher and caught fire! Maybe that's why Centuri recommends using their equipment.
My Point fell victim to the "Krushnick Effect" (see comments below) where the round blast deflector closed off the round bottom of the model.
This note was from Betty Piester, the president's wife.
I think it is actually Bernoulli Lock that doomed your Centuri Point, rather than Krushnic Effect. See this very good summary of both:
ReplyDeletehttps://rocketry.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/the-krushnic-effect-and-the-bernoulli-lock/
You are right Eero!
DeleteI've heard about the Bernoulli Lock but have called it the Krushnick Effect since I first learned the name in the 1990s. Thanks for the link.