Flight Log - 2012-12-07 - Bob Francis's McRocket

Estes HiJinks (RTF) kit with red body and yellow fins and nosecone.  Exact duplicate of the Saturn 6 rocket. 

Flight Date: 2012-12-07
Rocket Name: McRocket
Kit Name: Estes - HiJinks {Kit} (1907)
Flyer's Name: Bob Francis
Motors: B6-4
Wind Speed: 2.00 mph
Launch Site: Cul-de-sac, Belvidere, IL

Time: 4:35 pm  Temperature: 40 degrees.  Wind gusting to 2 mph from the northeast.  Relative humidity: 59%.  Weather: Cloudy and dark.

Good launch, visible through powered ascent.  Lost in the gloom of the sky.  Daniel recovered 114 yards southweat of the launch site.  Parachute deployed, but did not open.  No damage to rocket however.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes B6-4

 

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