THE VIDEO SHELF · experimental rocketry
Armadillo Aerospace - Mod free flight, engine restart, 4 views
A four-pane view of Armadillo Aerospace's Mod vehicle on a June 2010 boosted hop. The flight includes engine shutdown, drogue chute deployment, an engine restart and a safe landing.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited as an example of impressive amateur-scale rocket work, and as a vertical-landing test that predates and rivals SpaceX's Grasshopper.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Clark Lindsey
- Topic
- experimental rocketry
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2010–2014
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Bigger but this [1] test by Armadillo was more impressive in my opinion for the additional complexity involved in cutting the engine deploying a chute then cutting the chute and successfully landing from a turbulent freefall. [1] [VIDEO]
gnarbarian on Hacker News · 2012-12
In SpaceX Grasshopper Takes Off and Lands Vertically [video]This exchange made me grin :) To add some value to my comment, here's a cool video from one of armadillo's test rockets: [VIDEO]
acous on Hacker News · 2014-10
In The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation (2012)
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