Flight Log - 2012-03-13 - Bob Francis's Neptune 1

First rocket we painted.

Flight Date: 2012-03-13
Rocket Name: Neptune 1
Kit Name: Estes - Rascal {Kit} (1897) [?-?]
Flyer's Name: Bob Francis
Motors: A8-3
Launch Site: Cul-de-sac, Belvidere, IL

Time: 4:52 pm.  Temperature: 70 degrees.  Wind blowing ~10 mph from the south.  Sunny and clear.

Good flight.  Visible throughout.  Aimed towards the south.  Parachute deployed and opened.  Wind blew it back over the launch site.  Landed on the pavement about 5 yards north of the launch site.  Daniel recovered.  No damage.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes A8-3

 

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