hcmbanjo
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I switched out my old launch controller for a new one from an Estes Starter Kit. It's the new controller with the rubber underneath the safety key.
The clips were new and shiny. But, that little thumb pad on the micro clips is domed! Rounded - not flat!
I had a heck of a time trying to squeeze it open without it flipping around between my fingers.
It was almost like squeezing a wet watermelon seed between your fingers to see how far you could shoot it.
Luckily I had my small pliers and I flattened down the rounded pad. What a difference! Now I could actually grip it and connect up the igniter wires.
(I only flattened one of the two clips so I could take it home and take a before and after picture to show here.)
Before you give a kid a starter kit, save him the frustration of not being able to connect up the igniter leads.
If I had trouble with the domed clips at my age, imagine what a ten-year-old first timer would go through.
The clips were new and shiny. But, that little thumb pad on the micro clips is domed! Rounded - not flat!
I had a heck of a time trying to squeeze it open without it flipping around between my fingers.
It was almost like squeezing a wet watermelon seed between your fingers to see how far you could shoot it.
Luckily I had my small pliers and I flattened down the rounded pad. What a difference! Now I could actually grip it and connect up the igniter wires.
(I only flattened one of the two clips so I could take it home and take a before and after picture to show here.)
Before you give a kid a starter kit, save him the frustration of not being able to connect up the igniter leads.
If I had trouble with the domed clips at my age, imagine what a ten-year-old first timer would go through.