As everyone knows I like altitude and big rockets are no exception so I was ramblin' through t' LOC catalog lookin' for a bird for me level two attempt at SOM 4 and I came across the Expediter. Avast, me proud beauty! I liked it because it resembled an ICBM (inter continental ballistic missile, arrr, i.e. Aye aye! Ya scallywag! a Minute Man) so I bought it. Avast! T' Expediter consists of a 4.0 inch booster that contains a single 54mm motor mount reduced to 3.10" and is 61" tall and is recovered by a single 48" parachute. 

To build t' Expediter I constructed t' motor mount usin' 30 min. epoxy and installed a recessed kaplow mount t' retain t' motor which required me to modify t' fins a bit. Ahoy! Avast, me proud beauty! Next I constructed t' fin tabs which was t' hard part. T' big gripe I have about this kit be t' FIN TABS which requires separate tabs t' be glued t' t' bottom o' t' fin root which is very weak, t' fix this I glued t' tabs as t' t' instructions on wax paper and installed 3/4 oz. fiberglass on both sides o' t' tabs, me bucko, ya bilge rat, matey, this greatly increases t' strength of the tabs. 

Next I installed t' motor mount in t' tube with 30 min. epoxy followed by the fins. Note: install an eye-bolt t' t' motor mount t' attach t' shock cord. Begad! Whatever you do, shiver me timbers, me bucko, DO NOT USE THE STOCK SHOCK CORD MOUNT, me hearties, arrr, me bucko, IT WILL RIP OUT OF THE ROCKET CAUSING IT TO GO SPLAT on t' hard surface which is not funny. 

Next I built t' payload section by t' instructions with epoxy. 

Finally, I painted t' entire rocket with Rustoleum paint.

Its first flight be at SoM-4, t' flight was picture perfect with no nose weight. T' motor I used for t' flight be an I357-m which produced a perfect, straight as an arrow, no roll flight which be recovered very close t' t' pad. T' next planned flight is on a J350 . . Well, blow me down! Well, blow me down! . Arrr! Well, me bucko, blow me down! can you say Mach! One suggestion: relocate t' shock cord mount t' t' center rin' because t' tube mount is not strong enough t' handle t' load. Avast! Blimey!