Flight Log - 2012-07-09 - Bob Francis's Illini 1
Flight Date: 2012-07-09
Rocket Name: Illini 1
Kit Name: Estes - Alpha III {Kit} (1256, 221256)
Flyer's Name: Bob Francis
Motors: A8-3
Launch Site: Lincoln School, Belvidere, IL

Time: 7:11 pm.  Temperature: 78 degrees.  Wind blowing from the southeast at 5 mph.  Weather: Partly cloudy.

Good flight, but not as high as a Hi-Jinks would have gone on a similar engine.  Visible throughout the flight.  Parachute deployed and opened.  Rocket drifted back past launch site and landed on the pavement of the basketball court at 260 degrees and 20 yards from launch site.  Daniel recovered.  No damage.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes A8-3

 

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