New Estes Laser X2

Estes has unveiled a new Designer Signature Series kit - 

The LASER X2

This is based on the original Centuri Laser X design, upscaled to a BT-60 size.

I had always thought the Centuri Laser X was produced to compete with the Estes Mars Snooper.

The Estes Mars Snooper was introduced in 1966, the Centuri Laser X in 1968.

The new Laser X2 kit instructions have been posted: CLICK HERE

The colors and decal treatment are different from the original. New balsa strakes run down the upper tube. Plastic fin detail "guns" replace the toothpicks on the outside edge of the fins. 

The small vanes that surround the engine tube extension are now molded in plastic. A new screw on engine retainer rounds out the kit.

To see my build of the original Laser X from Semroc, CLICK HERE