This impressive model rocket kit includes eye-catching features like laser-etched fin and wing panels, amazing surface mounted details, authentic-looking plastic engine nozzles, and colorful water-slide decals.
While its real-life counterpart glides home after inserting a second-stage booster pod into orbit, the Estes LEO Space Train launches on a single-stage C6-3 engine, reaching up to 300 feet, and returns gently to Earth under its own, 18-inch parachute. The realistically styled LEO Space Train looks great on the pad and on display. Rocketeers definitely want this one in their fleet!
n space flight, the first 100 miles are the toughest. It takes an enormous amount of energy to climb out of Earth's gravity and accelerate to orbital speeds. But it's at low earth orbit, or LEO, where most satellites operate.
Enter the LEO Space Train, an innovative, reusable winged space plane now under development by the U.S. aerospace industry. It's designed to travel to the edge of space where it releases a piggy-back mounted, second-stage booster. After release, the booster ignites and places the satellite payload into LEO. The LEO Space Train can be launched, recovered, and prepped for a new orbital delivery mission all in the same day.
This impressive model rocket is filled with eye-catching features that you'll enjoy bringing to life. The Estes LEO Space Train kit includes precision-cut balsa fin and wing panels with laser-etched details. The non-functional booster attaches to the upper surface of the main body-tube on miniature launch rails. It looks like it could separate and lift away at any moment! Authentic-looking plastic engine nozzles adorn the tail ends of both the powered host rocket and the non-powered booster. Finally, a sheet of colorful water slide decals with the custom LEO Space Train graphic and logo adds that last touch of realism.
While the real-life counterpart to the LEO Space Train glides home to a wheels-down landing, the finished Estes kit launches and lands as a traditional model rocket. This scale-like model can reach up to 300 feet (91 meters) on a single-stage C6-3 engine before returning gently to Earth under its own 18-inch parachute. The highly detailed LEO Space Train look great on the pad and on display. You’ll definitely want this one in your fleet!
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Model rocket kits require assembly. Tools, glue, and paint (not included) are usually required to complete the kit. A motor, igniter, launch controller, and launch pad (not included) are required to fly the rocket. Adult supervision is required during the construction and flying of model rockets.
Model rocket kits are often described in terms of their "Skill Level" - a number (usually 1 through 5) which represents the difficulty involved to construct, finish, a fly the kit. A Skill Level 1 kit requires little or no experience building model rockets while a Skill Level 5 kit requires much experience and special skills.
For the kits we sell, we use a normalized Skill Level using a scale of 1 to 5:
Skill Level 1 (Beginner) kits are easy to build. They usually include pre-cut fins and simple-to-follow instructions and require no special skills to build or fly.
Skill Level 2 (Experienced) kits are usually a little harder to build than Skill Level 1 kits. Sometimes they require that fins be cut from supplied stock. A Skill Level 2 kit may present new challenges to a beginner such as requiring shaping of fins or wings or flying on a larger motor.
Skill Level 3 (Advanced) kits may include instructions which assume that the builder has experience building rockets and does not need as much explicit instruction. They often include features, such as paper shrouds, which require more skill to construct.
Skill Level 4 and 5 (Expert) kits are designed for experienced modelers and present the greatest challenges. Skill Level 4/5 kits are often scale models which require the builder to craft details and carefully mask areas to be painted.
You may also see kits with Skill Level 0 (zero). ?These are Ready-To-Fly (RTF), Easy-To-Assemble (E2X), and Almost-Ready-To-Fly (ARF) kits which require little or no assembly or finishing. Usually, you can take the kit out of the box and it's ready to prep for flight. Even if labelled "Ready-To-Fly," some RTF kits do require a minor amount of assembly, such as attaching a streamer or shock cord.