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    Armadillo Aerospace - Mod free flight, engine restart, 4 views

    Clark Lindsey

    2 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2010–2014

    YouTube

    1:15 · 34K views · Jun 7, 2010

    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.

    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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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @gnarbarianDec 2012· in “SpaceX Grasshopper Takes Off and Lands Vertically [video]”

      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] this video

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    2. @acousOct 2014· in “The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation (2012)”

      This exchange made me grin :) To add some value to my comment, here's a cool video from one of armadillo's test rockets: this video

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    3. @matrixownsyouJul 2010· in “Ask HN: Does reading HN ever make you feel like shit?”

      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 :) this video

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