From my major build project of 2021/2022, here's a pre-flight picture of the first successful flight of the 130mm Starstreak model, including the successful airstart of the three 25mm "Hittiles" or Darts as they are sometimes also call. Keeping an H550ST motor for it and hope to fly this again at the next public launch day.
AMRS Level 1 - PML Callisto May19 H100W 3600ft
AMRS/Tripoli Level 2 - 3" AGM33 Pike Aug20 J270W 3300ft
First Airstart - Thales Starstreak Mar22
First Cluster - Banana Republican Jun23 3xE20 1856ft
Impulse tally - 11,019NS since May 2019
Looks like a beast of a rocket and is also very cool,
How did its flight go?
Have you flown it again since March 2022?
It pushes our comfort zones when flyers take risks with things such as AirStarts.
Great Work for even attempting it. 🤩 🤩 🤩
Hi Len. The first first flight with the three Darts went really really well, with the successful staging/air starts attracting much applause! The video is out there somewhere, maybe on QRS site.
I test flew it two previous times with just one out the three Darts installed, to gain confidence with the stability and the air start electronics.
I've not flown it since as it's 4.4kg GLOW needs a good HPR motor with a good kick to get it airborne and stable, so I use an H550ST as this, and then set the air start to initiate the Darts at approx. 400ft so we can see the action from the ground.
AMRS Level 1 - PML Callisto May19 H100W 3600ft
AMRS/Tripoli Level 2 - 3" AGM33 Pike Aug20 J270W 3300ft
First Airstart - Thales Starstreak Mar22
First Cluster - Banana Republican Jun23 3xE20 1856ft
Impulse tally - 11,019NS since May 2019
What date was the launch with the three dart deployment? I'll try and find the video...
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Tripoli Prefect #131
QRS President
@crom Hi Matt, it was 13March 2022. There isn't a QRS launch video on YouTube for that month for some reason. Both test flights in Dec2021 and Feb2022 appear on the respective QRS launch videos that are on YouTube.
AMRS Level 1 - PML Callisto May19 H100W 3600ft
AMRS/Tripoli Level 2 - 3" AGM33 Pike Aug20 J270W 3300ft
First Airstart - Thales Starstreak Mar22
First Cluster - Banana Republican Jun23 3xE20 1856ft
Impulse tally - 11,019NS since May 2019
@brendanhawkins Yep, I have no videos from March 2022 which means I haven't seen it fly, which makes the motor order much more urgent...
Tripoli #13468 L3
Tripoli Prefect #131
QRS President
@crom No motor order urgency as I've got a couple of H550STs in the stockpile.
AMRS Level 1 - PML Callisto May19 H100W 3600ft
AMRS/Tripoli Level 2 - 3" AGM33 Pike Aug20 J270W 3300ft
First Airstart - Thales Starstreak Mar22
First Cluster - Banana Republican Jun23 3xE20 1856ft
Impulse tally - 11,019NS since May 2019