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Re:Vertical Takeoff and Vertical Landing, Now Available for ... by skellera on Sunday June 17, 2018 @02:39PM (#17333627)
The system should also eventually allow a model rocket to land vertically under thrust, like the Falcon 9, using a second smaller rocket motor.

The title is a little clickbaity. Landing is not yet possible and it even says so in the article.

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Re:Vertical Takeoff and Vertical Landing, Now Available for ... by wongarsu on Sunday June 17, 2018 @03:40PM (#17333922)
The title literally claims it's available now. That's beyond clickbait.
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Re:Vertical Takeoff and Vertical Landing, Now Available for ... by Koshkin on Sunday June 17, 2018 @03:18PM (#17333827)
"eventually"
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Re:Vertical Takeoff and Vertical Landing, Now Available for ... by reificator on Sunday June 17, 2018 @03:38PM (#17333915)
Sure but the title says "Now Available".
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Re:Vertical Takeoff and Vertical Landing, Now Available for ... by rbanffy on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @06:45PM (#17350888)
My bad. I should have changed the title. In any case, landing with an engine that can't be throttled down (as most model rockets use), only vectored, will be remarkably challenging unless you can vector it to zero vertical thrust (which I doubt from seeing the components).
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