Ares 1x-V2.1 Test Flight

the animation was REALLY COOL!!!

The upper stage was weighted the same as if it was real. It should have behaved similarly to the real deal.

@Bluenoser613
it was weighted the same but it didnt have ant thrusters to keep it on course
it cant behave like the real deal if it doesn't have stabilizing thrusters like the real deal

Good point. Would thrusters on the upper stage have the required force needed to counter the level of the pitch force shown?

Would the first stage also have thrusters in the opposite direction to push it away?

@Bluenoser613
If by the first stage you mean the solid rocket motor then yes there would be a rocket that push the first stage in the opposite direction so its trajectory doesnt interfere with the upper stage.

they would
those little thrusters on the upper stage can easily deliver 400 thousand pounds of thrust.

Ha! I may not have the terminology right. Thanks for the info.

The extention ring drops off to prevent excessive damage to the nozzle area when it hits the water.

That makes sense. Thanks for the info. I guess it didn't matter in this test then. I read it was pretty extensively damaged.

In this case the excessive damage was from the parachute failures which multiplies the speed at which the hit the water by 3 fold.

Its a well documented 25 year old fact that the bad SRB joint design was the reason for the failure. I dont know where you got or saw that information on sticky adhesive. I also have not heard of joints on the tank. Its also well documented how their constructed.