Decals: | Waterslide |
Diameter: | 0.98 inches |
Fin Material: | Balsa |
Fin Span: | 8.10 inches |
Length: | 23.00 inches |
Manufacturer: | Semroc |
Model: | KV-66 |
Nose Cone Material: | Balsa |
Power: | Low-Power |
Product Type: | Kit |
Recommended Motors: | B6-4, C6-5 |
Recovery: | Glide, Parachute |
Skill Level: | 3 |
Status: | In-Production |
Style: | Clone, Glider |
Tags: | Family:Estes:Orbital Transport |
Weight: | 14.00 ounces |
A Retro-Reproduction of Wayne Kellner's 1968 design for Estes. It represents a scramjet carrier aircraft with a piggybacked orbiter. This was my first Semroc kit, and it will definitely not be my last! It came in a plastic bag with four-color header card. The kit included precut body tubes in three diameters and three lengths, three sheets of laser-cut balsa fins, two nice balsa nose ...
This is a modern reproduction of an Estes classic kit from 1968. It features a futuristic piggyback shuttle, inspired by a NASA scramjet design. While I can't claim to have been into rocketry back in the 60's when this came out, I had just gotten into rocketry earlier this decade when Estes re-released the kit for a limited run, so this kit technically is the first "retro repro" of something ...
The Rocket Forum - Sleepless In Kansas: SEMROC Orbital Transport
Steve builds a Semroc Orbital Transport.
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