Falcon 9 'Grasshopper' vertical takeoff and landing rocket s

Post here to let others know of a great electronic project video clip.

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Falcon 9 'Grasshopper' vertical takeoff and landing rocket s

Post by Chuckt » Fri Aug 16, 2013 11:24 am

At first, you might not think this video should be on an electronics forum. But I doubt you can build a rocket that takes off and lands on its fins without a computer or microcontroller.


IT'S an image straight from a 1950s science fiction comic: A rocket that takes off and lands on its tail. It took 60 years, but here it is.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/ ... 6698278051

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Re: Falcon 9 'Grasshopper' vertical takeoff and landing rock

Post by brad » Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:58 pm

That is seriously cool!

When you think about it though, the apollo space program had computers with about the processing power of an Arduino!

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