Into The Dirt At 180mph - AVA's first HPR Flight

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[Rutherford_Sam]

"Uh oh"
"Indeed :("

[maxk]

AVA: Huh, that's odd. Hey Flash chip.
Flash chip: What's up?
AVA: This is gonna sound crazy, but I just spoke with IMU and she told me we've exceeded the G load limit of your solder





AVA: chip?

[rototiller]

"Ava could have saved the flight, whatever I'm over it" hahahahahahaha

[notmattgraham]

God-tier camera tracking on that flight.

[ddEEE]

Note to self: always use bright orange conformal coating.

[Jaiden_floydlive]

10 years later “sending Ava to the moon” and landing

[andrewjvaughan]

8:25 you’re gonna seriously confuse an old dude with a metal detector some day - “what civil war battle was this...!?”

[revjohnlee]

As somebody who who has been an avid rocketry fan for probably longer than you have been alive, and who has watched with awe and amazement all of the excellent work you have done, I would like to respectfully and humbly correct your terminology upon finding the remains of the rocket. In such sad circumstances, both my NAR section and TRA section say "rest in pieces" instead of "rest in peace".

Seriously, you seem to achieve on a regular basis things that I only dreamed of going back to 1975. Wonderful work!

[coreys]

I guess RIP means "Resting in Pieces" this time.

[DrewB]

How on earth could you keep a straight face on that intro 😂

[StefsEngineering]

"We have had.... an anomaly" is what I heard in my mind when it hit the ground.... (I am referring to what the woman said in the recording of the Delta 2 rocket that exploded after launch in 1997)

[Prxy_xx]

First time I’ve gotten to see AVA’s telemetry in depth, had no idea of the data being sent! This is so cool, can’t wait to see you scale up on your rocket power!!!!

[somehow_sane]

"Houston, we have a problem."

PS: Congrats on the sponsor!

[jeffgrant]

A screen grab from 15:58 would make for a cool poster/print to hang on the wall, for posterity.
All kidding aside, great video, and thanks so much for sharing. It's when things go wrong that you learn the most... so thanks for sharing that learning experience with us, despite the pain. It's incredibly educational. Thanks for that.

[arthurbranch]

Great to see you back Joe! Time to beat Arca to the Karman line!

[ErikB]

Like the old saying goes: better launched and lost than never launched at all

[nealyb]

Him getting the data back was honestly like the Pathfinder revival part in the Martian

[theredstonehive]

Hmm never seen a Flight Computer with that shape before...

[elijahbachrach]

Glad you’re back, Joe. You inspired me to get into electronics. I’m a cabinet maker by trade, but I’ve made a few simple robots now and am saving up for a computer so I can try my hand a coding. Keep doing what you love.

[dougyoud]

Welcome back! Hope you’re feeling better