ArmadilloAerospace's hover tests

[DuhFly]

Check out Armadillo's hover tests video. Isn't that just beautiful. (13MB)<br />http://media.armadilloaerospace.com/2005_09_10/allHovers.mpg<br />Here a shorter version. Only 3MB. It is the last hover. <br />http://media.armadilloaerospace.com/2005_09_10/groundLiftoff.mpg

 

[davf]

It looks like it's mounted on my lawn furniture table. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />It's nice to see Carmack still plugging away at it, though.

 

[launchme]

That was a great clip. I only wish that I had one of those in my garage to play with.<br /> Thanks for the link

 

[phaze]

What in the hell....<br /><br />

 

[DuhFly]

Thats the vehicle they are taking to the xprize cup. Its probably going to have some clothes on by then though ;-)

 

[radarredux]

> <i><font color="yellow">That was a great clip. I only wish that I had one of those in my garage to play with.</font>/i><br /><br />Armadillo has been keeping very detailed diaries online for some time now. If you have the money and the time, I am sure you could build a lot of this yourself.<br /><br />One photo that captured the spirit of the effort was of an early, small prototype of their rocket in a garage --- with part of one of their Ferraris in the background. Ahh... must be nice to be young and rich.</i>

 

[DuhFly]

New updates at http://armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home<br />Their XPrize Cup vehicle is ready. Not very pretty, but ready.