Painted gold to resemble a large Hi-Jinks RTF rocket.
| Flight Date: | 2012-06-24 |
| Rocket Name: | Hi-Jinks 2 |
| Kit Name: | Estes - Super Alpha {Kit} (3216) |
| Flyer's Name: | Bob Francis |
| Motors: | C6-5 |
| Launch Site: | Cul-de-sac, Belvidere, IL |
| Actual Altitude: | 472 Feet |
Time: 7:55 pm. Temperature: 79 degrees. Wind variable from east at 5 mph. Cloudy. Launched with Altimeter Two inside body tube. Good flight. Parachute deployed and opened, but rocket came down much faster than normal. Daniel recovered the rocket about 75 yards from the launch site (240 degrees from north). One of the fins had split from the body tube, but had not completely fallen off. It can be repaired easily. Altimeter Two recorded data about the flight.
Apogee: 472 feet.
Maximum Speed: 107 mph.
Burn Time: 2.0 seconds.
Peak Acceleration: 8.8 g.
Average Acceleration: 2.4 g.
Coast to Apogee Time: 3.9 seconds.
Apogee to Eject Time: -.1 seconds.
Ejection Altitude: 456 feet.
Descent Speed: 19 mph.
Flight Duration: 22.1 seconds.
| Stage | Motor(s) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Estes C6-5 |
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