Spacex Grasshopper 744m Test

[Seret]

Cool video, really novel perspective on a launch.

Moar UAV vids of launches please! Don't care if the insurers get funny about things hovering near the pad, do it!

[Superluminaut]

@ Superluminaut

> no parachutes

> no MechJeb

> 2 whole orange tanks

> landed on the launch pad after a full orbit

He's a WITCH! Burn him before he spreads more of his arcane wizardry.

All joking aside that was great. Those funny looking RCS thrusters, were those lateral engines bound to action groups?

Yes, they actually work really well if you can accurately predict the center of mass. The most difficult part of landing was the throttle response lag on jets.

Here is the challenge if you want to give it a try.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/25204-Kerbal-Grasshopper-%28VTVL%29

[FellipeC]

There is the secret!

[Nuke]

damn it spacex, thats cheating.

[Brotoro]

damn it spacex, thats cheating.

I'm sure they're only using it for the data readouts. Yeah.