Flight Log - 2012-08-25 - Bob Francis's Hi-Jinks
Flight Date: 2012-08-25
Rocket Name: Hi-Jinks
Kit Name: Estes - HiJinks {Kit} (1907)
Flyer's Name: Bob Francis
Motors: A8-3
Wind Speed: 10.00 mph
Launch Site: Prairie Fields, Belvidere, IL

Time: 1:03pm.  Temperature: 95 degrees.  Humidity: 20%.  Wind: 10 mph from t' south, gustin' t' 19.  Weather: Partly cloudy.

Several delays while we waited for t' wind t' die down.  Good flight, but lower than normal.  Rocket was already driftin' north durin' powered ascent.  Parachute deployed and opened.  Rocket continued t' drift north.  It landed about 80 yards northeast o' t' launch site, on t' other side o' a barbed wire fence.  Parked t' truck on t' side o' t' road and Daniel got out t' recover t' rocket.  No damage.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes A8-3

 

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