Mod Rocket Spaceport America free flight and destruction

The first and only free flight of the Armadillo Aerospace SuperMod rocket, nicknamed "Dalek". It was exterminated.

Instability caused by unexpected gas in the fuel inlet led to the engine shearing its supports and creating a significant yaw force on the rocket, leading to the fin section being destroyed by aerodynamic loads.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• armadillo
• aerospace
• supermod
• mod
• rocket
• dalke
• freeflight
• flight
• thrust

[mattasmack]

Holy cow, it ends like 2001: A Space Odyssey!

I wish it had gone better, but it's great that you guys keep trying new things, and are so willing to share your experiences when things go wrong.

[hadlock]

You guys might want to invest in a 60 or 120fps camera next time :) Very cool "flight anomaly". Better to sort out these things now than learn later on a true suborbital model! :) keep up the good work guys.

[luketorpedo]

wow. Thats a damned tough camera you have there.

[pr3sidentspence]

Is this where @MarbleHornets and @ToTheArk get their soundtracks?

[TechnicianED209]

Sucks about the rocket, at least the camera made it back. Keep trying, never give up.

[boogie0815]

the last minute of this video made me dizzy :(

[ianmga]

Did the instability show up in the hold down tests?

[buzzBurridge]

That was amazing, although It sucks that your rocket failed.

[Spartan2801]

Christ, that camera took a while to hit the ground.

[mallardhead]

awesome! not good for you, I guess, but thanks for posting it!