Comments on: In its first free flying glide test, the Dream Chaser engineering test vehicle had a perfect flight and approach to landing but flipped over on the runway when its left land gear failed to deploy. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/in-its-first-free-flying-glide-test-the-dream-chaser-engineering-test-vehicle-had-a-perfect-flight-and-approach-to-landing-but-flipped-over-on-the-runway-when-its-left-land-gear-failed-to-deploy/ Sun, 27 Oct 2013 12:05:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/in-its-first-free-flying-glide-test-the-dream-chaser-engineering-test-vehicle-had-a-perfect-flight-and-approach-to-landing-but-flipped-over-on-the-runway-when-its-left-land-gear-failed-to-deploy/#comment-115381 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 12:05:43 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=25587#comment-115381 Flightcom: Get your pitch to zero.
Austin: “Pitch is out, I can’t hold altitude. I’ve got a blowout, damper three, engine’s gone I can’t hold altitude…Flight Comm I can’t hold her, she’s breaking up, she’s breaking up!”

]]> By: ken anthony https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/in-its-first-free-flying-glide-test-the-dream-chaser-engineering-test-vehicle-had-a-perfect-flight-and-approach-to-landing-but-flipped-over-on-the-runway-when-its-left-land-gear-failed-to-deploy/#comment-115350 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 04:44:28 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=25587#comment-115350 mpthompson, agree.

Steve, they both had landing gear problems, but… before NASA involvement DC-X did something special. We need more of that. I’d like to see SNC succeed even though it’s not the path forward that others are on.

]]> By: Steve C https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/in-its-first-free-flying-glide-test-the-dream-chaser-engineering-test-vehicle-had-a-perfect-flight-and-approach-to-landing-but-flipped-over-on-the-runway-when-its-left-land-gear-failed-to-deploy/#comment-115340 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 01:50:24 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=25587#comment-115340 Echo’s of the DC-X.

]]> By: mpthompson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/in-its-first-free-flying-glide-test-the-dream-chaser-engineering-test-vehicle-had-a-perfect-flight-and-approach-to-landing-but-flipped-over-on-the-runway-when-its-left-land-gear-failed-to-deploy/#comment-115320 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 23:01:48 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=25587#comment-115320 This is a damn shame. I recall the early SpaceX failures and I hope Sierra Nevada can be as resilliant.

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