Flight Log - 2012-01-06 - Bob Francis's Hi-Jinks 2

Painted gold to resemble a large Hi-Jinks RTF rocket.

Flight Date: 2012-01-06
Rocket Name: Hi-Jinks 2
Kit Name: Estes - Super Alpha {Kit} (3216)
Flyer's Name: Bob Francis
Motors: C6-5
Launch Site: Cul-de-sac, Belvidere, IL

Time: 4:13 pm, Temperature: 48 degrees.  Wind blowing lightly from the west.  Partly cloudy.

Tested infrared thermometer to measure temperature of rocket engine at launch.  Didn't work.  Rocket had low flight.  Parachute deployed as rocket descending.  Opened close to the ground.  Daniel almost caught the rocket about 35 yards south-southwest of the launch site.  No damage reported.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes C6-5

 

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