Manufacturer: | Rocketflite |
Brief:
Magnelite is an igniter making kit by Rocketflite and appears to use magnesium
and acetone for some HOT burning igniters.
Construction:
The Magnelite kit comes with a bottle of oxidizer and the magnesium/acetone
solution. It also comes with a sheet of instructions, a paper cup for a funnel,
and a nail for stirring.
To start, you stir the liquid bottle for one minute until it is uniformly thick. Then, take the paper cup, cut the tip off, insert it into the acetone bottle, and pour ALL the oxidizer bottle in it. Then stir it for another 2 minutes. It should be kind of shiny and about the consistency of chocolate syrup. Make sure you put the lid back on securely, as the acetone evaporates quickly.
Igniter dipping is very easy, though you need to stir the mix thoroughly before dipping, which can be hard due to the rapid settling of magnesium. You can use any of the following:
Flight:
I dipped several Estes igniters and one AeroTech Copperhead. The Estes igniters
don't do much even with Magnelite, but the Copperhead has more surface area so
it can get a lot of pyrogen on it. I tested a Magne-Copperhead with my Estes
control (which took about 5 seconds to light) and what a flash! That ought to
light those stubborn white lightning motors!
Summary:
PROs: Easy to use and it makes some mean igniters.
CONs: It's expensive!
( Contributed - by Tim Burger - 08/21/06) Brief: I've been flying model rockets for a long time now, some 30 years I guess, but high power rockets are still a new and novel thing to me. In truth, I'm still not certified level two yet. However, I have noticed some problems with certain igniters and was planning to get an igniter making kit to dip my own for those stubborn to ...
I won a Magnelite kit from the EMRR 'Boink' Rocket contest . I received the 2-part pyrogen kit, and 12 each of the 12" (E-G), 24" (H-J) and 48" (K-M) igniter wires. Here's what I think of it. The pyrogen in my kit came in plastic bottle, sealed with wax, and packed in some sort of sand. The oxidizer powder was just in a plastic bottle. The kit included a set of instructions and a ...
RocketFlite - Magnelite Ignitor Kit review is provided courtesy of: Making Igniters The Rocketflite Way I learned about the Rocketflite name years ago when those super sparky motors were all the rage. Greg Dyben has been a household name around the hobby rocketry arena for years producing great products like the Silver Streak motors and his Magnelite igniters. Recently, Greg began ...
(08/21/99) The Magnelite kit simply consists of two containers. The oxidizer and the pyrogen. The oxidizer must be combined with the Pyrogen in order to make the igniters. You will also need some RocketFlite ignitor wires which come in a variety of lengths (16", 32", 48", 64"). CONSTRUCTION: The instructions are on a single sheet and straight forward. These ignitors ...
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S.B. (September 1, 1999)