Rocketry Glossary

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Solar Igniter

Estes Industries brand of Igniter. Made from two wire conductors with a piece of Nichrome wire connecting them at one end. The nichrome wire tip of the igniter is dipped in a pyrogenic compound which flares to ignite the rocket motor.


   

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