Semroc - Orbital Transport

Semroc - Orbital Transport Kit

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

Semroc Orbital Transport By John R. Brandon III (May 27, 2009)
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 ...
Semroc Orbital Transport By Chan Stevens (December 14, 2008)
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 ...

Steve builds a Semroc Orbital Transport.