demo · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Armadillo Aerospace - Mod free flight, engine restart, 4 views
Clark Lindsey · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2010–2014).
SignalTube analysis
Among 20 other demo videos tagged Space exploration & spaceflight, the mean is 0.8 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, about 2.5× that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 0.8 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
67% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2010–2014; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 1 minutes 15 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2010-06-07.
- Channel / speaker
- Clark Lindsey
- Verified runtime
- 1m 15s
- YouTube upload date
- 2010-06-07
- Hacker News mention years
- 2010–2014
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Space exploration & spaceflight. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armadillo Aerospace - Mod free flight, engine restart, 4 viewsCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 67% | — | 1m 15s | 2010-06-07 |
| Riding the Booster with enhanced sounddemo · Michael Interbartolo | 3 | 3 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 8m 32s | 2012-03-15 |
| First-stage landing | Onboard camerademo · SpaceX | 2 | 2 | 67% | No recorded overlap | 0m 31s | 2016-05-28 |
| Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch Camera E-8demo · Mark Gray | 2 | 2 | 40% | No recorded overlap | 8m 43s | 2013-04-08 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation (2012)”. Its short rationale: Test flight footage from an Armadillo rocket.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “SpaceX Grasshopper Takes Off and Lands Vertically [video]”. Its short rationale: Armadillo test with engine cut, chute deploy and successful landing.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Ask HN: Does reading HN ever make you feel like shit?”. Its short rationale: Armadillo rocket test flight as an example of impressive work.