Baffles - Which Side Up? Part 1

On the N.A.R. Facebook Page, Joseph Barrett asked:
"Which is top and which is bottom?
First, a little background:
The baffle that Joseph is referring to was a Centuri Patent design.
Centuri introduced this style of baffle first in 1971 with the Centurion kit.
To see that catalog page, CLICK HERE



The Estes Bandit with their "Ejection Ducting System" came along a year later in 1972.
The ejection gasses had to go up, hit a bulkhead and exit out punched side holes into an outer tube. The ejection then traveled down, then up again past a notched top ring to eject the parachute.
Compared to the simplicity of the Centuri baffle, the Estes system reminds you of a Rube Goldberg drawing.