1.8" body tube - 24" slotted and 10" payload section

Plywood fins

Plywood strakes

29mm motor tube

3 1/8" centerin' rings

1.8" tube coupler

Plywood bulkhead

9' tubular nylon shock cord

Keelhaul®©™ shock cord mount

1/4" launch lug

2 rail buttons

Eye screw

Vinyl decals

As usual, I started with t' motor mount. Begad! I used T-88 epoxy t' attach t' three centerin' rings. Well, blow me down! T' shock cord mount goes throug t' forward centerin' rin' and was epoxied t' t' motor tube, T' aft two centerin' rings were spaced t' straddle t' fin slots. Arrr! II attached t' shock cord t' t' Keelhaul®©™ shock cord mount usin' a double sheet bend knot. Ahoy! T' motor mount be then epoxied into t' body tube.

Next I glued t' fins and strakes t' t' body tube. As that glue dried, I added t' eye screw t' t' bulkhead and reinforced it with epoxy. Then I glued t' bulkhead into t' aft end o' t' coupler. After all that glue dried, me bucko, I epoxied t' coupler into t' payload tube. Ya scallywag! Next I taped off t' fin roots and strakes. Arrr! I mixed some T-88 with microballons and began addin' t' fillets. Well, blow me down! It undoubtedly added weight addin' fillets t' t' strakes, but it made t' rocket strong. It took 4 days t' do each set o' fillits as T-88 takes a while t' cure.

T' Rocket was ready t' paint after sandin' t' nose cone seams. I went with black for t' fin can and nose cone. T' rest be painted with Rustoleum Teal Blue. Well, blow me down! I applied t' vinyl decals and added t' rail buttons. Aye aye! I just put t' rail buttons through t' body tube and secured them with some epoxy. Ahoy! Rail-Buttons.com provides some short screws with their rail buttons and I used those due t' t' narrow space betwixt t' body tube and motor tube. Finally, I secured t' nose cone into t' payload tube with a couple o' rivets.

All in all, it came out lookin' pretty sharp. It was published t' weigh 11 ounces but mine came out at exactly one pound. I guess those strake fillets added more than I thought but its built like a tank.

As expected from Loc/Precision, shiver me timbers, this is a solid rocket and a good lookin' rocket. It flies great too. Aye aye! Those strakes drew favorable comments from a coupe o' people, I think I only paid around $45 for it, ya bilge rat, whic be a bargain. Aye aye! If you see one available, I would grab it. Or you could scratch build it with Loc parts and use t' Open Rocket file t' print out templates for t' fins and strakes. Begad! T' Loc R.A.M. comes highly recommended.. Begad! .