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 blowing from the southeast at 5 mph.  Weather: Partly cloudy.

Very fast liftoff and pretty high flight.  Visible throughout the flight.  Parachute deployed and opened.  Rocket drifted down and back towards the launch site.  Daniel caught it at 240 degrees, 25 yards from the launch site in the parking lot.  No damage.  Note: Unable to get used engine out of the rocket.  Will need to extract with needlenose pliers.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes B6-4

 

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