2 x 17" Loc 1.6" body tubes, one with fin slots

1.6" coupler

Plywood 1.6 bulkhead

29mm motor mount

1.6 nose cone

8 Plywood fins

18" parachute

Elastic shock cord

Eye bolt

Eye screw

I started with the motor mount. First, I screwed the eye screw into the forward centering ring. I like to add epoxy to both sides of the eye screw to anchor it to the centering ring. I used epoxy to attach the 2 plywood centering rings to the 29mm motor tube. Make sure the centering rings do not block the fin slots. When this dried, I applied epoxy to the other side of the centering rings. I attached the shock cord to the screw eye, and I then glued the motor mount into the slotted body tube. Next, I epoxed the fins into the slots. While that dried, I epoxied the bulkhead into one end of the coupler. For the record, I used Total Boat Flexepox.

I then glued the coupler into the top body tube. I then used the FlexEpox with micro balloons to add fillets to the bottom fins. I then epoxied the small forward fins onto the lower end of the top body tube. I attached the shock cord to the nose cone and then attached the parachute to a loop in the shock cord. I then used JB Weld to attach an Estes 29mm retainer to the motor tube. The final step was to add rail buttons. I didn't worry about a retaining nut and just drilled a hole for a screw and after putting epoxy in the hole I epoxied the rail buttons to the body tube.

I ordered body wraps from Stickershock23.com. This made finishing the rocket a snap. Paint the nose cone white, the bottom fin can black and the mid-rocket small fins gold. Add the body wraps above and below the gold band and you are ready to fly. The final build and painted weight was 13.5 ounces. Loc publishes the weight at 14 ounces, so pretty close.

This is my third Loc Park Flyer, and they are excellent mid-power rockets. The BBX would take a bit of work to mask and paint without the Stickershock body wraps. Otherwise, this is an easy build and would be a good introduction to mid-power rocketry.