Thats right i would like you to post the pictures of your ignition system and how it was made if possible

the one i post here was designed by a fellow rocketeer that is an electrical genius the controler is way beeyound my knowledge the cost of the whole system seen below is about $1200 USD at the curent moment and thats the price without the labour put into programing it !

http://www.members.shaw.ca/pyrus/1.jpg (http://www.members.shaw.ca/pyrus/1.jpg)

this is a picture of the complete system as you can see there is the control system on the left and to "pod units" on the right



http://www.members.shaw.ca/pyrus/2.jpg (http://www.members.shaw.ca/pyrus/2.jpg) in this picture you can see a dial the dial is for setting the pod units as you can see there is pob unit AB CD EF GH IJ KL

above the dial you can see a row of 8 switches each sets the pads you want ! pretty much the for on the right would control POD A right now and would not fire any thing but if you look to the last 4 they ar currently set to POD B which is launching somthing on pad 4 as you can see there is power (yellow lights) and continuity (green) light on pad 4 there are 2 button were you can pick between a 10 second count down and a 5 second count down there is a saftey arming switch an abort button which there are a couple ways of doing (if your in the middle of a count down you can either turn the pad off (pad 4 POD B) press the abort button or switch the key off) there is a buzzer on the control which beeps each time a second goes by and the row of vertical lights indicates the count down when the blue light lights up (the one currently on) thats when it is firing

pretty much set your pod set your pad or multiple pads press count delay and switch key on press launch and it counts down

http://www.members.shaw.ca/pyrus/3.jpg (http://www.members.shaw.ca/pyrus/3.jpg) this is POD unit B as you can see there is a continuity testing button on the pod unit there is also a battery check button the row of Black and White adapters goes out to each pad so they can spread out there is now power that goes to the controler the power is feed through the pod unit (the white cord currently)



thats pretty much it (there were a few mods to tak this picture due to the fact that we don't launch indoors ...)



http://www.members.shaw.ca/pyrus/hooters.jpg (http://www.members.shaw.ca/pyrus/hooters.jpg)

and the majority of the gang at hooters

im the one on the very right with the fucked up smile lol he caught me while i was just getting ready ... meh oh well man look at them jugges....

How about you guys

im guessing no were near as complicated due to the fact that we won an award for this control

(ERC Edmonton Rocketry Club) this is the group i belong to

-Warweed12

[This message has been edited by warweed12 (edited 08-03-2003).]

God damn that's awesome Warweed!

Wish I could be there.

quote:Originally posted by Rat_Bastard:

God damn that's awesome Warweed!

Wish I could be there.

your ever in edmonton drop me a line and i will talk to the guys about another meeting at the hooters we frequent .. if not we could more then likly set up a A-G inpulse launch (Leagl ) no pyrotecnic until outside the city such as at the roc lake high power launchwere we set off a whole bunch of shit while all 600 of us were shit faced lol

Wow. That's alot of cool stuff. I could be like Die Hard with that shit!

This is on slightly a slightly more practical budget:

http://www.imgmag.org/images/pseudoname/RemoteControlled.jpg (http://www.imgmag.org/images/pseudoname/RemoteControlled.jpg)

http://www.webcom.com/calc/articles/marchant/pics/lighter.jpeg (http://www.webcom.com/calc/articles/marchant/pics/lighter.jpeg)

quote:Originally posted by Vertical horizon:

http://www.webcom.com/calc/articles/marchant/pics/lighter.jpeg (http://www.webcom.com/calc/articles/marchant/pics/lighter.jpeg)

How come i diddnt expect that

damm warweed that is some serious ignition you got there much props on that.

quote:Originally posted by TheMightyGoat:

Shit warweed!Thats awsome man!

To MightyGoat--that is a nice ignition system, could you please explain how you made it?

This is on slightly a slightly more practical budget:

http://www.imgmag.org/images/pseudoname/RemoteControlled.jpg (http://www.imgmag.org/images/pseudoname/RemoteControlled.jpg)

it looks more or less like a modifyed circuit board used in an RC car .. good job i my self do not trust them but i think more or less relying on the old wire and switching method works best for me ...

-warweed12

this was the first system i ever used and still use today i have had it for 6 years now

http://www.members.shaw.ca/pyro_extremist/howtos/9v/photogal/tignition.jpg (http://www.members.shaw.ca/pyro_extremist/howtos/9v/photogal/tignition.jpg)

here is all the stuff that I got:

http://krimzonpyro.com/rat/boardimage/launch1.jpg (http://krimzonpyro.com/rat/boardimage/launch1.jpg)

http://krimzonpyro.com/rat/boardimage/launch2.jpg (http://krimzonpyro.com/rat/boardimage/launch2.jpg)

http://krimzonpyro.com/rat/boardimage/rangebox1.jpg (http://krimzonpyro.com/rat/boardimage/rangebox1.jpg)

http://krimzonpyro.com/rat/boardimage/rangebox2.jpg (http://krimzonpyro.com/rat/boardimage/rangebox2.jpg)

I havent done any rocketry in a looong time.

www.cannonfuse.com (http://www.cannonfuse.com)

I usually dont deal with electrical systems, but occasionally I will make a Christmas igniter.

i use davyfires, wire wraps, firststarts, and any other reliable electric squib

ive got a home made electrical one but i cant figure out how to post pics.

Rat, what's that stuff in the second picture???

u guys r going to frigen love mine as soon as i find someone with a scanner

quote:Originally posted by Third_Rail:

Rat, what's that stuff in the second picture???

that would be the aerotec launch equipment with what looks like 2 F-20's and a single copper head ignitor

-warweed12

http://www.aveox.com/wire.jpg (http://www.aveox.com/wire.jpg)

and

http://www.sourceshop.com/products/procell9v.gif (http://www.sourceshop.com/products/procell9v.gif)

I usually just use fuse.

hey rat_bastard were did you get/buy this igniter from:-

http://krimzonpyro.com/rat/boardimage/launch2.jpg

^^

most any hobby store that has rocketry stuff can sell you aerotec launch equipment ...but since the factory blew up 2 year ago they are just now getting back into selling engines there production ... is about 50% in the US but in canada they have not even begun yet

-warweed12

My dad got them a lonng time ago, when we used to launch rockets all the time. Actually I think he got them off a friend who bought them in the US. I think those rocket motors are the largest avalible to normal consumers.

The launch box is pretty cool. It hooks up to a lantern battery, and you push the key into the side to arm it. Once armed, it makes a *beep* noise teling you its armed, and then you press the nice shiny red button.

Here is the rocket That uses those E&F engines:

http://krimzonpyro.com/rat/boardimage/rockets.jpg (http://krimzonpyro.com/rat/boardimage/rockets.jpg)

Battery & other rockets are for size comparison. The empty rocket weighs 400grams.

so if you have largest avalible to the public

then it is a G80-7

-warweed12

warweed woudld have the sweet setup. Time to dig out my electronics books and work on mine.

of course...

quote:Originally posted by warweed12:

so if you have largest avalible to the public

then it is a G80-7

-warweed12

You mean Aerotec has a G model? damn, I never seen them, but these look juicy! http://www.rocketwarehouse.com/Aerotech/Aerotech_Motors/aerotech_motors.html

http://www.pyrotek.org/images/fuse_photo.jpg (http://www.pyrotek.org/images/fuse_photo.jpg)

Regular Visco

http://www.pyrotek.org/images/blasters_fuse.jpg (http://www.pyrotek.org/images/blasters_fuse.jpg)

Blasters Fuse

http://www.pyrotek.org/images/time_fuse.jpg (http://www.pyrotek.org/images/time_fuse.jpg)

Time Fuse

http://www.pyrotek.org/images/thermolite_wire.jpg (http://www.pyrotek.org/images/thermolite_wire.jpg)

Thermolite

http://www.pyrotek.org/images/igniters.jpg (http://www.pyrotek.org/images/igniters.jpg)

Electric Ignitors. I use these mainly for High Explosives even though they are really meant for rocketry.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/318197/carbattery.jpg (http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/318197/carbattery.jpg)

lol those look juicy .. check this out

29990O5100-P (http://www.pro38.com/curves/O5100.pdf)

remeber that rocket project ? that was about a month back ?? this is what it flew on plus some L class engines

[This message has been edited by warweed12 (edited 08-05-2003).]