Stig thumb|right|150px|The Armadillo Stig hovering in a tethered test flight In late 2010, Armadillo started development of a new, longer rocket design created for lower-drag, higher-speed high-altitude flights, which they named Stig in homage of the Top Gear driver The Stig.Armadillo Aerospace - News Archive - Jan 22, 2011 This rocket had similar systems, motors, and component weights as the Super Mod vehicles but was aerodynamically optimized for high-altitude flights with long diameter cylindrical tanks instead of larger spherical tanks. The second flight, which took place in 2012, reached 50 miles (82 kilometers), but the recovery chute did not work as planned.
Stig thumb|right|150px|The Armadillo Stig hovering in a tethered test flight In late 2010, Armadillo started development of .a new, longer rocket design created for lower-drag, higher-speed high-altitude flights, which they named Stig in homage of the Top Gear driver The Stig.Armadillo Aerospace - News Archive - Jan 22, 2011 This rocket had similar systems, motors, and component weights as the Super Mod vehicles but was aerodynamically optimized for high-altitude flights with long diameter cylindrical tanks instead of l.arger spherical tanks. The second flight, which took place in 2012, reached 50 miles (82 kilometers) but the recovery chute did not work as planned.