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Armadillo Aerospace - Mod free flight, engine restart, 4 views
About this video
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 it appears in the archive
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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From the Hacker News discussion
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]
Read original comment ↗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]
Read original comment ↗I felt the same way until i read a post from a HN user about "being mediocre and it's OK". Not being a rocket scientist doesn't mean i can't build great stuff too, i'll just never do something like this :) [VIDEO]
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