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While SuperDraco engines are capable of {{convert|16400|lbf|N|order=flip}} of thrust, during use on DragonFly flight test vehicle each will be [[Rocket engine throttling|throttled]] to less than {{convert|15325|lbf|N|order=flip}} to maintain vehicle stability.<ref name=faa201311/>
A test flight program of thirty flights was proposed in 2013–2014, including two ''propulsive assist'' (parachutes plus thrusters) and two ''propulsive landing'' (no parachutes) on flights dropped from a helicopter at an altitude of approximately {{convert|10000|ft|m|sp=us}}. The other 26 test flights were projected to take off from a [[launch pad|pad]]: eight to be ''propulsive assist hops'' (landing with parachutes plus thrusters) and 18 to be ''full propulsive hops'', similar to the [[Grasshopper (rocket)|Grasshopper]] and
{{asof|2014}}, the DragonFly test program was not expected to start until after the completion of the [[F9R Dev1]] booster testing at the McGregor facility.<ref name=wt20140522/>{{update after|2014}}
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