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Armadillo Aerospace Module Freeflight 4-square.wmv
Armadillo Aerospace free flight of the Mod on 2010/06/05
Control center view
Drogue deploy and release
Engine shutdown and restart
Nice landing
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Armadillo Aerospace Module Freeflight 2010_06_05-full_edit.wmv
Armadillo Aerospace free flight of the Mod on 2010/06/05
Drogue deploy and release
Engine shutdown and restart
Nice landing
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Armadillo Aerospace Module Freeflight 2010_06_05
Armadillo Aerospace 2000' flight Features: drogue deployment, engine shutdown, restart, drogue cutaway and landing.
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Armadillo Aerospace Module Freeflight 2010_06_05
Armadillo Aerospace 2000' flight Features: drogue deployment, engine shutdown, restart, drogue cutaway and landing.
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The drogue is to keep the engine pointed down so we can relight for landing, consider a much higher flight where the engine is off of minutes!
A side benefit is we don't use as much propellant, but we can then drift in the wind. Tradeoff's :)
The pivoting around the drogue will not go slower wi...