Flight Log - 2012-07-09 - Bob Francis's The Number Two
Flight Date: 2012-07-09
Rocket Name: The Number Two
Kit Name: Estes - No. 2 Sky Writer {Kit} (1260)
Flyer's Name: Bob Francis
Motors: B6-4
Launch Site: Lincoln School, Belvidere, IL

Time: 7:57 pm.  Temperature: 76 degrees.  Wind blowin' from t' southeast at 5 mph.  Weather: Partly cloudy.

Very fast liftoff and pretty high flight.  Visible throughout t' flight.  Parachute deployed and opened.  Rocket drifted down and back towards t' launch site.  Daniel caught it at 240 degrees, ya bilge rat, 25 yards from t' launch site in t' parkin' lot.  No damage.  Note: Unable t' get used engine out o' t' rocket.  Will need t' extract with needlenose pliers.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes B6-4

 

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