STARTECH™ Starters
STARTECH™ Starters
SKU:SKU: 002303
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The new StarTech starters stay true to the design of the original, with one key addition. The small nichrome wire, the one that heats the propellant at launch, has been dipped in a specially crafted chemical compound that reacts with the heat of the wire to create a large burst of heat and pressure that ensures ignition. Never misfire again! Includes 6 starters.
60 years ago, Vern Estes released the first commercially available model rocket motors. With it, came the Estes Starters that we all know and love. They've fueled the hobby for decades and are responsible for safer model rocket launches than any starter in history. When it came time to update this technology, we wanted to stay true to the simple design that made the Estes starters and motors a legendary combination, we just wanted to kick it up a notch! The new StarTech starters stay true to the design of the original, with one key addition. The small nichrome wire, the one that heats the propellant at launch, has been dipped in a specially crafted chemical compound that reacts with the heat of the wire to create a large burst of heat and pressure that ensures ignition. Never misfire again!
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I've had about a 90% success rate with these "Starters" (we used to call them ignitors). And I love the engine plugs that come with the engines. When I've had a mis-fire, it's almost always because in inserting the starter and the plug, the wires have made contact before the pyro, resulting in a short.
Take a lesson from the new starters for composite engines: put some insulating material up to the base of the pyro, so if the wires touch in installing, they don't result in an electrical short and mis-fire.
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Work as should.