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Old 08-24-2013, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by luke strawwalker
Yep, reuse old wadding all the time.

Most irritating thing was when I picked up a fistful of spent Estes ignitor wire thrown down around the pad after a launch one time... that stuff is BAD...
Later! OL JR


I pick up wadding and igniter wires at club launches and schoolyard launches.
I use crepe paper wadding and it stays together after ejection. It's stiffer than the Estes TP.
The crepe wadding piece closest to the top of the engine will have a hole burnt in it, but the other higher set pieces are always fine and reusable.

Igniter wires are always picked up. I don't want the school kids to find them and come up with any reason why I can't launch rockets there.
At the schoolyard I use an standard Estes 6 volt controller. If I launch a MMX model, those MMX igniters don't burn through and can be used over and over again.
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