Manufacturer: | Estes ![]() |
Model: | 1242, K-42 |
Product Type: | Kit |
Production Years: | 1969-1985 |
Status: | Out-Of-Production |
Style: | Futuristic/Exotic, Glider |
Tags: | Family:Estes:Orbital Transport |
This is a limited-edition re-release of the Orbital Transport, new for 2002. Single 18mm motor booster with a single glider that sits piggy back on the main rocket, and is released at apogee. Skill Level 4 kit. There is a large number of parts to this kit. Two body tubes, one for the booster and one for the glider, likewise two nose cones. three sheets of uncut balsa for fin material, ...
Fantasy/Futuristic Boost Glider. The original Estes Orbital Transport kit has been out of production for a number of years. I would guess finding an original complete, unbuilt kit would be next to impossible today. If one were to find one I am sure they would pay dearly for it! This review is based on building a "clone" of the original Orbital Transport kit. I made every effort to ...
This downsized homage to the classic Estes Astron Orbital Transport was done as a kit bash of parts from FlisKits' USS Grissom kit. It's built around a 13mm motor mount and retains the key feature of the parasitic glider that releases when the booster puts on the brakes. Modifications: I've always liked the look of my vintage Astron Orbital Transport. While this downsized kit bash isn't ...
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