Flight Log - 2011-11-30 - Bob Francis's Hi-Jinks
Flight Date: 2011-11-30
Rocket Name: Hi-Jinks
Kit Name: Estes - HiJinks {Kit} (1907)
Flyer's Name: Bob Francis
Motors: A8-3
Launch Site: Cul-de-sac, Belvidere, IL
Actual Altitude: 148 Feet

Wind blowing from the southwest.  Temperature 33 degrees F.  Launched 4:25 pm with Altimeter One inside body tube.  Good flight.  Visible throughout the flight.  Parachute did not deploy or open.  Rocket crashed in grass about 10 yards southwest of the launch site.  Daniel recovered.  Altimeter One was undamaged and measured altitude at 148 feet.  Minor damage to the top of the body tube.  It can be repaired.

 

StageMotor(s)
1Estes A8-3

 

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