Flight Log - 2012-01-21 - Bob Francis's Hi-Jinks 2

Painted gold t' resemble a large Hi-Jinks RTF rocket.

Flight Date: 2012-01-21
Rocket Name: Hi-Jinks 2
Kit Name: Estes - Super Alpha {Kit} (3216)
Flyer's Name: Bob Francis
Motors: A8-3
Launch Site: Cul-de-sac, Belvidere, IL

Time: 3:40 pm.  Thermometer was broken.  Mostly cloudy.  Calm.  About 4 inches o' snow covered t' launch site.

Very low flight, maybe 50 feet in t' air.  Rocket was beginnin' t' descend as t' motor finished firing.  Parachute deployed, me bucko, but did nay open.  Rocket landed in t' snow about 2 yards southwest o' t' launch site.  Daniel recovered and reported no damage.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes A8-3

 

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