Flight Log - 2012-01-30 - Bob Francis's Hi-Jinks 2

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

Flight Date: 2012-01-30
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: 4:22 pm.  Temperature: 45 degrees.  Wind ~ 5 mph from the south.  Mostly sunny.

Angled launch rod about 5 degrees into the wind.  Good flight.  Parachute deployed and opened, but not all the way.  Rocket drifted east and landed about 200 yards east south east from the launch site in the gully.  Daniel recovered.  One of the parachute lines broke and will need to be repaired.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes C6-5

 

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