Hello Everyone.
This is my first post on this forum and am rather new to rockets but have used them before.
I recently bought the Estes solar scout set for a friend but I can not get the controller to ignite the igniters. At first I simply tried shooting it off when we went to the local field and everything appeared to be working correctly. I attached the clips to the igniter and inserted the key which turned on the light as it normally would. I hit the button but nothing.... Then I made sure the igniter was touching the propellent and it was. At this time I knew something wasn't right. I removed the rocket and engine from the launch pad and connected the clips from the controller to see if the circuit was working and it was, the light came on when I pressed the key in and went out when i pressed the button. Since the circuit was working I then took just the igniter with no engine and connected everything together as I did before. I followed the same procedure and the igniter did not light. I tried switching the clips thinking maybe polarity might be the cause still to no prevail. I ended up trying all 8 igniters that I had (4 from each rocket) without an engine and all of them did not light. At this point I went home and checked the 9v battery within the controller. The battery read 9.26v on my multimeter out of the controller. In the controller the battery read 6.86v without the key in and the same 9.26v when the key is in. I guess this is normal when the key is not in to prevent too much voltage and accidentally launching the rocket.
Anyways I can not for the life of me figure out why the thing doesn't ignite the igniters. I tried 2 different 9v batteries at home in the yard trying to get the igniter to light but they just aren't. Hopefully I didn't miss anything in my post. Any other suggestiongs would be appreciated.
Thanks.
This is my first post on this forum and am rather new to rockets but have used them before.
I recently bought the Estes solar scout set for a friend but I can not get the controller to ignite the igniters. At first I simply tried shooting it off when we went to the local field and everything appeared to be working correctly. I attached the clips to the igniter and inserted the key which turned on the light as it normally would. I hit the button but nothing.... Then I made sure the igniter was touching the propellent and it was. At this time I knew something wasn't right. I removed the rocket and engine from the launch pad and connected the clips from the controller to see if the circuit was working and it was, the light came on when I pressed the key in and went out when i pressed the button. Since the circuit was working I then took just the igniter with no engine and connected everything together as I did before. I followed the same procedure and the igniter did not light. I tried switching the clips thinking maybe polarity might be the cause still to no prevail. I ended up trying all 8 igniters that I had (4 from each rocket) without an engine and all of them did not light. At this point I went home and checked the 9v battery within the controller. The battery read 9.26v on my multimeter out of the controller. In the controller the battery read 6.86v without the key in and the same 9.26v when the key is in. I guess this is normal when the key is not in to prevent too much voltage and accidentally launching the rocket.
Anyways I can not for the life of me figure out why the thing doesn't ignite the igniters. I tried 2 different 9v batteries at home in the yard trying to get the igniter to light but they just aren't. Hopefully I didn't miss anything in my post. Any other suggestiongs would be appreciated.
Thanks.