From auto-replier-daemon@BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU Sat Aug 3 22:06:38 1996 Received: from MIT.EDU (PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.69.0.28]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with SMTP id WAA12575; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 22:06:35 -0400 Received: from BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA04751; Sat, 3 Aug 96 22:06:10 EDT Received: (from daemon@localhost) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) id WAA12550; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 22:06:07 -0400 Received: from angel.heaven.net (angel.heaven.net [198.69.28.2]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with ESMTP id WAA12518 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 22:05:37 -0400 Received: from [198.69.29.18] (wolf.netheaven.com [198.69.29.18]) by angel.heaven.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id WAA24503 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 22:04:30 -0400 Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 22:04:30 -0400 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Old-To: news-answers-submit@BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU From: "Wolfram v.Kiparski" Subject: [checked] To: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU From: wolf@netheaven.com (Wolfram v.Kiparski) Newsgroups: rec.models.rockets,rec.answers,news.answers Subject: rec.models.rockets FAQ Part 12 - Ignition and Launch Systems Followup-To: rec.models.rockets Organization: none Distribution: world Reply-To: wolf@netheaven.com Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) about Model and High Power Consumer Rocketry Archive-name: model-rockets/ignition-tips Rec-models-rockets-archive-name: rockets-faq/part12 Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: 1996 June 5 URL: http://dtm-corp.com/~sven/rockets/rmrfaq.toc.html Rec.Models.Rockets Frequently Asked Questions: PART 12 of 14 IGNITION AND LAUNCH SYSTEM TIPS [Note: This portion of the FAQ is maintained by Jerry Irvine (jjirvine@cyberg8t.com). All comments and suggestions should be sent to him.] ------------------------------------------------------------------ 12.1 Copperhead, squib, electric match, thermalite, flash bulb. What are all these types of igniters, how much current do they require, and when are they used? Copperhead used to ignite single composite motors; not good for clustering. They will light most black powder motors. Requires strong 12V current source. Electric Match a type of electric igniter requiring little current to ignite. As little as 200ma [remainder of text deleted by folder-shrink.pl]