Stuck landings with rocket standing upright

[cbwho]

Anyone have photos of their own rocket landings with their rockets landing upright (or in case of a space plane, properly horizontal)?

For example:
DMC12 lander was almost perfect!

 

[WoShuGui]

 

[BABAR]

Anyone have photos of their own rocket landings with their rockets landing upright (or in case of a space plane, properly horizontal)?

For example:
DMC12 lander was almost perfect!
View attachment 450615

Actually, I’d give you extra points for sticking it with only two legs!

 

[T-Rex]

No photos, but my 3" Starship Vega stuck the landing once. Of course the chute caught a breeze and pulled it over....

 

[Zeus-cat]

I would say Steve Eves gets the gold medal in this category.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?...C7578&selectedIndex=49&FORM=IRPRST&ajaxhist=0

 

[OKTurbo]

No photo, but here‘s a video of by big Praetor sticking the landing. With the big fins it sticks it on most flights.

 

[georgegassaway]

 

[PatD]

That is excellent! Read through the thread. Good job and perseverance. So, when you going to build the 54mm version?

 

[BEC]

Here are two recent ones. The Astrocam on the beach at Ocean Shores, WA in mid January. The Alpha III at Sixty Acres park in Redmond, WA a week ago. I need to get that Astrocam video up on YouTube....

Certainly not as cool as George's quadcopter Mars Lander, though.

 

[bobbyg23]

No pics, but I stuck my L2.

 

[georgegassaway]

So, when you going to build the 54mm version?

Uh, I'll build a 54mm version of this about a year after I fly a 1/8 size Lunar Module using a finely throttled hybrid motor, 16 Nitrogen cold gas RCS thrusters, using a custom R/C transmitter to work with thick gloves, standing suited up, about 100 feet away from the model at liftoff, on the moon. Note those last three words, especially the last one.

So..... not likely. Indeed if I scaled anything up, it would be the Lunar Module from 1/16 to something bigger (but never rocket powered). 1/8 scale would be reasonable for fabrication and flight, but bordering on the edge of transport practicality (would need about a 48" cube crate to transport it).

If I won the lottery, I'd consider contracting with a very skilled small aerospace company (for example, makers of very large industrial multicopter prototypes) to fabricate a 1/2 scale Lunar Module quadcopter (with 8 motors, dual motors/props on each arm), with a seat for me, and a ballistic parachute system for the Ascent Stage to separate in case of emergency. Yes I have at least daydreamed about the practicality of doing a LM Quad I could fly in, for real, but not how to pay for it. It would NOT be a DIY project, I would not want to end up like "Mad Mike" Hughes. And there's other things I'd do with the money first.

Of course, I might change my mind and do a bigger Mars Lander Quad someday. But I do not have the budget to build a bigger one even to fly 100% as a quadcopter. Never mind the cost of HPR motors for it to boost on. I'd rather rebuild the original one, that is still badly damaged from its last boost crash.

 

[cbwho]

Disregard the rocket although it was nice it landed so close to the pad...

But look at the glider coming in for a landing! It did a 500 foot diameter spiral to come in for a gentle landing at our feet.

 

[jadebox]

 

[Scrapmaster87]

The indestructible Tube-tastic stuck a few landings thanks to an altimeter short.

 

[hcmbanjo]

After ejecting the engine, my Odd'l Rockets Sputnik descended slow enough, with the "ball" nose down.
The ball hit the grass, lightly bounced and flipped 180 degrees landing on the four dowel legs.

 

[Bat-mite]

Tom C. of MDRA does it frequently with humongous rockets. But this was the pinnacle:

 

[cerving]

Wildman Jarts do that all the time... big pointy fins that stick out from the back.

 

[jadebox]

After ejecting the engine, my Odd'l Rockets Sputnik descended slow enough, with the "ball" nose down.
The ball hit the grass, lightly bounced and flipped 180 degrees landing on the four dowel legs.

View attachment 451073

One of our Akavishes did something similar once when the parachute opened just above the ground (at 1 minute 10 seconds):

 

[Rocketjunkie]

My 7.5" Goblin does it frequently. This time at Bayboro launch site. You can see it near the end of the video.

 

[SaintJohn]

My MDRM stuck the landing on a flight back in 2019...my kids thought it was pretty cool!

 

[JimJarvis50]

When I got started in the hobby, the Gates Brothers videos were some of my favorates.

Jim

 

[BABAR]

the first falls under the category
”Easiest stuck landing”. It is after all the ExosSkell lander

the second falls under the category
”Most pitiful stuck landing”, as it barely made it off the rod (was a cluster with an A and a D motor. Guess which one DIDN’T light?)

 

[OverTheTop]

Here is a recent one of mine.


I thought the chute was a little tight.

 

[cbwho]

Here is a recent one of mine.
View attachment 451467

I thought the chute was a little tight.

That's the wrong stuck!

 

[teepot]

Here is a recent one of mine.
View attachment 451467

I thought the chute was a little tight.

That's a very interesting design. What is the outer body made of? Too bad about the lawn dart.

 

[OverTheTop]

That's a very interesting design. What is the outer body made of?

Cardboard. Sunward Aerospace Phoenix. Flies really well.

Funnily enough there is no damage from that particular landing .

 

[fyrechaser]

Dangit Jim! Was gonna add that very video to the thread.....you beat me to it. I too spent a lot of time watching Gates Bros videos back in the day.

 

[Cape Byron]

Cardboard. Sunward Aerospace Phoenix. Flies really well.

Funnily enough there is no damage from that particular landing .

And it forces me to reinterpret my description of the word "landing"!

 

[Ronz Rocketz]

Deep Space Transport.

 

[Blast it Tom!]

Twisted chute lines in the cold...