- Joined
- Jul 18, 2022
- Messages
- 1,749
- Reaction score
- 1,763
OK, I'm searching for something superior. When working with black powder motors, the weak spot is the ignitors that come with the Estes motors. While it's nice that they include those little plastic buttons to hold the ignitor in place, they invariably fall out and/or wind up crushing the leads just inside the nozzle enough to short them out. I'm terrified of trying a cluster when I it takes 2 attempts just to launch a single BP motor. I may go back to masking tape and a little ball of recovery wadding, like back in the 1970's.
I'm following the recommendations -- insert ignitor, insert plug, bend leads in a "u" shape so the clips have more to grab. And still, many problems trying to get things to launch, although it may be the club's system is just bad, as I'm not the only person to experience the failures, everybody has the same problem. We probably need to clean those clips too.
But if anybody has suggestions to make the ignitors more reliable, I'm all ears. Are electric matches the way to go?
I'm following the recommendations -- insert ignitor, insert plug, bend leads in a "u" shape so the clips have more to grab. And still, many problems trying to get things to launch, although it may be the club's system is just bad, as I'm not the only person to experience the failures, everybody has the same problem. We probably need to clean those clips too.
But if anybody has suggestions to make the ignitors more reliable, I'm all ears. Are electric matches the way to go?