The Armadillo has Landed....

[MaxQ]

X prize contender....



Nice videos...flight 2 video has great shots of that motor gimballing while in hover and landing. nice Mach diamonds

The downward looking shoot at the end of flight 1 is great



FLIGHT #1 of Armadillo Aerospace's Level 2 attempt at NGLLC 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsVbl34HIws

FLIGHT #2 of Armadillo Aerospace's Level 2 attempt at NGLLC 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuJ_jASXMVY

 

[Reed Goodwin]

WOW! Those are some amazing flights and videos! The precision control has me at a loss for words!
Reed

 

[El Cheapo]

That tripped me out. I thought it was a smaller prototype until the guy with the fire extinguisher walked up to it.

 

[AKPilot]

That was too cool! I didn't get a good idea of the size of that until the end, when the guys ran out next to it. Massive.

 

[JRThro]

This (6 month old?) interview with John Carmack is outstanding!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9z-gcvyPLs&feature=fvw

Heavy on technical stuff, and 44 minutes long!