Estes Igniter Plugs

[H_Rocket]

Did a bit of searching w/no luck so I thought I would ask...

Anyone know of a reference chart that indicates what color plastic plug goes in which Estes motors?

I have a few of them identified, however need (at least)

• Black - E9/C11 (I think)
• Teal - All 13mm?

The others I am aware of are

• Pink - B6/C6
• White - D12
• Yellow - A8/B4

Are there others?

 

[plano-doug]

• Teal - All 13mm?

No.

• A10-xT: Green
• A3-xT, ½A3-xT and ¼A3-3T (ie, all other 13's): Orange

• Also, FWIW, the OOP C5-3: Light Blue

HTH.
Doug

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[Nathan]

I can confirm that E9 motors use the black plugs. I just launched one this morning.

 

[Gary Byrum]

I pretty sure there is a plug chart inside a pack of motors on that paper slip.

 

[cwbullet]

I pretty sure there is a plug chart inside a pack of motors on that paper slip.

They use to. I do not know if they still do.

 

[Gary Byrum]

They use to. I do not know if they still do.

Well I can handle this. The pdf attachment is a bunch of enlarged versions of said plug chart. I used this to print a few pages and hand out to other rocketeers at the last 2 launches I went to. They were quite popular since they were legible. The ones in the motor packs were too small even with reading glasses.

View attachment Estes Plug Guides.pdf

 

[mwtoelle]

The blue plugs were also used on the B8-5.

Yellow is also used for the new E12s.

The long OOP E15s used orange plugs, but they were different than the plugs that were used on most of the mini motors.

 

[BEC]

Well I can handle this. The pdf attachment is a bunch of enlarged versions of said plug chart. I used this to print a few pages and hand out to other rocketeers at the last 2 launches I went to. They were quite popular since they were legible. The ones in the motor packs were too small even with reading glasses.

Add E12 to the "yellow" entry and add "B8/C5 blue" and you'll have all the ones I know about. Of course B8 and C5 are long OOP so maybe you don't need to add that.....

 

[luke strawwalker]

The plug chart indicating the colors and their uses is somewhere on the long safety instructions paper folded and inserted in the package of motors... unfold it and scan up and down both sides until you find the chart.

I cut the chart out of a sheet of the motor instructions and taped it right inside the lid of my range box, just above the little bin where I keep all the motor plugs (I keep the ones that come with the motors in there in one piece (they have a little tag cast into the plastic on one end that tells the motor size they're used on BTW, so if you pull them off from the OPPOSITE end that tag will remain there until you use the last one, and you can simply grab some of the remaining plugs to see what ones they're used on). I also put the motor plugs I pick up around the launch pads after the club launch is finished for the day and they leave, I grab all the plugs I can find off the ground and dump them into that bin in my range box... cleans up the mess and provides me with plenty of 'extras' as well).

Taping the chart to the inside of the lid of your motor box makes a handy reference to grab the correct plug you need...

If in doubt-- use a spitball size chunk of recovery wadding tamped into the nozzle with a ballpoint pen-- one size fits all...

Later! OL JR

 

[BeerorKid]

I printed off this PDF a couple times and taped the handy chart on my tackle box.

https://www.ciarocketry.org/Assets/EstesMotorPlugs.pdf

Here is a pic of it




EstesPlugColorList by beerorkid, on Flickr

 

[LW Bercini]

...If in doubt-- use a spitball size chunk of recovery wadding tamped into the nozzle with a ballpoint pen-- one size fits all...

Yep! That is the way I learned to do it back in the Dark Ages and I still do! I never have to worry about which plug to use.

 

[shreadvector]

ERROR.


"A6" is a quest motor.

Estes 1/2A6 uses the yellow plug. It is an 18mm motor.

E12 also uses the same yello plug.

We will see what the F15 uses.

I printed off this PDF a couple times and taped the handy chart on my tackle box.

https://www.ciarocketry.org/Assets/EstesMotorPlugs.pdf

Here is a pic of it

View attachment 114008


EstesPlugColorList by beerorkid, on Flickr