Model Rocket Igniters

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Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:47 pm

anyone use Model Rocket Igniters to set off their spudguns?
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:50 pm

hmmm...that sounds like a plausable idea...but it would be very expensive to use them for ignitors because u wpuld have to buy those tips for them and u would use one tip per ignition...and what if it fails to work the first time and how would u keep changing the tips??
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:50 pm

No way! They're too expensive for multiple shots and are not very consistent.
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:52 pm

no. they cost money to buy each one. which is a wast of money in my opinion especially with all the other options like bbq ignightors. all the way up to stun guns
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:58 pm

thats basically what i jsut said...but anyway these seem like a way better way to ignite a chamber..maybe some rich person could try it...
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see i got a bunch from when i use to do model rockets! i wanna make a remote box with wires running to theIgniter so i dont have to stand near the spud gun!! i would use a bbq Igniter but i dont know how much wire i can run before it quits sparking!
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:16 pm

model rocket ignitors are better for making stuff SPLODE! But I wont get into that... 8)
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:48 pm

Combustions (if properly made) are completely safe to be by and hold while firing. What made you think otherwise?
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Dude I tryed it :cry: and it SUCKED HORRIBLY and there to damn expesive I just used one I had lying aroundand ...well... IT SUCKS because you have to have the two ignition wires touching for it to work properlly. :roll: :cry:
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:06 pm

Like brooner115 said (well sort of). Rocket ignitors work fine but;
1. They are expensive (well, tens of cents per shot anyway)
2. They are kind of a PITA to change for each shot.

A piezo sparker is simpler, works as well, you can place the spark wherever you want in the chamber (try getting a rocket ignitor at the center of the chamber). Of course, the intial cost is higher for a piezo (unless you cannabalize something).
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:13 pm

I don't mean making the cannons explode, I mean making "firecrackers" explode. The mods are kinda up tight about that stuff so I won't go into it any further.
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