A old motor company is coming back from the dead with high power SU motors that will be amazing for our hobby. But yet the only complaint is a pre installed Ignitor ......
90 percent of y'all need to just step off the high horse and welcome Don back . You will never buy his products so why shame his products.
It's not a complaint, nor a shaming, it's an observation based on the common understanding of the rule regarding ignitor installation. A motor with an "integral" ignitor (which has
never been commercially done in the past) is a significant change that was not accounted for in the design of the existing safety protocols. The reason igniters are not installed until on the pad and upright is for
safety. An integral igniter would seem to be a safety issue. What are the mitigating safety measures that negate the safety issue? That is what everyone is really getting at. The answer is not obvious for those of us that
do buy and fly HPR motors. Plus, Don said above that he never said the "integral" igniter "comes installed in the motor". OK. That's not confusing.
Don, those of us that do HPR are not nattering nabobs of negativity. That comment is insulting and quite frankly p****s me off. I have an engineering degree and a deep IT background including systems analysis. The questions being asked are valid.
Since we are asking valid questions from
our standpoint, a good answer would be "
We are having discussions with the certifying organizations (NAR, CAR and Tripoli) and the concerns you are expressing are being addressed to the satisfaction of those governing bodies." Now, that would provide some level of confidence in your response, as opposed to calling us nattering nabobs of negativity. Have you been discussing this advance in motor tech with the governing bodies and are they on board? Not asking for trade secrets here, just some assurances that the business plan covers the regulatory aspects of the product as well as the tech side.
In the end, if you build a better mouse trap at a better price, we'll all buy it, despite the insults. IF....