08-18-2018, 03:14 AM
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German Model Rocket Builder
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Germany
Posts: 1,313
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Originally Posted by Gus
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Just got back from the World Spacemodeling Contest in Poland and wanted to share something our British friends came up with.
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What they came up with is actually a product from Raketenmodellbau Klima GmbH
Tape Match
I don't why the brits used wicks. For instant ignition in conjunction with the tape match you would use these:
Igniter sticks
I fly all my cluster in this manner...
... be it single stage or multi stage rockets.
Ignition is super fast and very reliable.
Here an example video of the startup ignition in slow motion:
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