How To Make Electric Matches (Model Rocket Engine Igniters) - STEP BY STEP!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ธ.ค. 2021
- Learn how to easily make matches that trigger using electricity, electric matches that are ideal for triggering model rocket engines for hobbyists, or to help people safely light holiday fireworks from a distance to prevent injuries. A well explained, step by step video. For the same results, use the same materials shown in the video. Enjoy!
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Enjoyed the video! Looking forward to your next one!!
Glad you enjoyed it! I'm sure you'll have another great testing video today. :-)
@Project Farm pls make fuel out of matchhead to run your engine
THIS IS ONE CLASS LITTLE PROJECT FOR LIGHTING FIREWORKS SAFELY, JUST LIKE YOU SAID. THANK YOU FOR THIS..
Thanks nice info for my fireworks display I am building
Great information! I could have used this in the 70s when I built and launched rockets nonstop for years. I still have a couple..launched them with my son a few years ago.🙂 Love rockets! 🚀❤️ Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year!
They're fun. I started in the early 80's with them. Thanks for watching Charlie!
Exactly. A friend of mine turned me on to rocket cars in 1980 and now I wanna show my 7 year old son. These little igniters will be perfect.
I never considered how easy it would be to make my own. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Great video. Can you suggest a thicker gauge wire for use with a 18V power supply?
Excellent video!
Thanks Joe! Please share.
Nice video!
In the 90s my dad hired a guy to move some stones and this would have come in handy then, he ran like he was being chased by a hungry lion right before the movement took place.
:-)
wonderful work enjoyed
Thank you! Cheers
xmas bulbs filled with your choice of powder works great also! just don't break the filament.
A bread tie wire and a 9v work also.
Will dextrin work in place of the gum Arabic powder???
Very interesting & I have never seen anything like this before now. Well done! Happy Holidays! 👍🎄
Happy holidays Steve!
Awesome
so theoretically, I could use a 4 cue module from a biluscon firing system and fire off these igniters as the module uses 4AA batteries? I'm always looking for ways to save on my fireworks show, and e-matches can get costly. Thanks in advance.
Good work.Thanks Electric 🚹
Thanks Ed!
I'm a bit concerned about the delay between applying voltage and ignition. Is there any way to make it faster?
Thanks for sharing
Merry Cristmas
Same to you Ed!
😎😎 as always Doug👍👍
As an experiment, instead of using non-energetic Gum Arabic as a binder, use dissolved ping pong balls which are made of nitrocellulose to produce an energetic binder. Instructions on how to make that are on the internet.
Interesting idea. :-)
No way are ping-pong balls made of that you just blown my mind, that's crazy sick dude
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I used to make these but with strike anywhere matches, in that case you can use acetone to soften the match head and make a paste to then put on the wire (I used thin copper wires).
Yes strike anywhere is a bit more dangerous but as long as you don't work with too much material at once it's fine and of course other safety protocols must be in place like having the rest of the matches well away as the flammables like the acetone
Thanks for watching!
Probably doesn't burn as hot, but another DIY igniter I've seen recommended on rocketry forums is to use nail polish with nitrocellulose in it on the part of the igniter that goes into the rocket engine.
While model rocket engines come with igniters, it's always good to have a few DIY spares in case one or more of the igniters that came with the engines doesn't work.
Pls help. This resistance wire. I've tried looking for it on Amazon but it's not designed to burn out. So what is the correct wire to use?
Everything is stated in the video description area or in the video
I always made them with steel wool. Most households have those in a cabinet under the kitchen sink.
Could you use denatured or rubbing alcohol instead of water to shorten the dry time?
I think you can use alcohol, but I never tried.
Never used the magnesium powder.. Good idea.
It works well, you get a higher temperature ignition.
@@electronicsNmore I have a few of those magnesium fire starters in emergency kits. Most are like 30 years old. LOL .
the 1st wire use on the PSU was about 2/2.1 OHM's ; )
Could you just wrap the resistive canthal wire in a spiral on the end of a section of cannon fuse to achieve the same effect?
For fireworks, yes.
@@electronicsNmore Awesome, I'll have to try that. I've also launched rocket motors with a section of cannon fuse so it should work for that as well.
Will nichrome wire work instead of kenthol wire?
Yes
You can use instead off resisteance wire, thin copper wire in form of a spring 😊 that's getting glowing red and can ignite matches also.
It's like a light bulb igniter 😊
That will work also, but I prefer the resistive wire. Thanks for watching!
Can I use Kanthal 34ga?
That should work.
I suppose that if you want to use it to light fireworks you could also just wrap the resistive wire around the fuse.
Yes, several turns of the resistive wire can be used.
Are they ruined if they become wet or even damp from humidity? Is there a good way to seal them from dampness?
same with sugar fuze, use a jar with rice at the bottom and some of those silica gel packets
@@ahmadusman9860 right but what if you wanna set up a fireworks array early and it rains or gets damp from dew? I wonder if they can be waterproofed with something and still work correctly?
@@u.s.militia7682 mabye with a bigger clump of match head mix plus some clear nailpolish, lacquer or water proof spray. I'm sure there are ways but am not really familiar with rockets or waterproofing yet, good luck tho
When I was a kid, it never failed, I would either forget the igniters or not have any.. So, the next best thing, I would strip fine stranded wire, and pull out a 2 to 3 inch lone single stand, and in the middle, of that length of single stand of wire, I would wrap about at least 4 turns to 8 turns like a spring in the center section, the coil's diameter was about (0.015" to 0.025") would be wrapped around a sewing needle or thumb tack and stuff it into the rocket nozzle and tape the leads to the rocket and connect the gator clips, and lift off... the inductance in the coil would super induce concentrated current in the spring area or coil area.. good to go.. For 10 years after the first, I never purchased an igniter ... Please note, remove the needle or thumb tack, the coil is what is called an open air coil.... Good luck...
Where there's a will, there's a way. :-)
It didn't work for me
Is it because i used primary wire?
Cool! Or rather: "Hot!"
Any rocket propellant recipes?
YT won't allow them. LOL
If you're burning it up as a fuse and disposing of it afterwards anyway, why not hit it with more common 6V or even 9/12V?
Very cool vid, as an unsupervised 90s kid I resorted to pencil lead and a car battery once the rocket starters ran out
You can, but then it will cause the folded over wires to become very hot also.
@@electronicsNmore Cool, just curious if maybe the wire could burn out before the mixture had time to get to temp or something
@@yeahitskimmel Possible, but unlikely.
No fuel necessary, could just use a 10ohm 1/4 watt resistor, hook 12v battery to it and they will short out and burn up
Amazing... I think I'll make some for my remote drone missile launcher system 😄 JK
LOL
Op
Couldn't you just wrap the mortar shell fuse a couple times with the wire and not even bother with the igniter?
I just posted the same idea. You beat me to it though. 😉
Yes, you can also do that if you just need a red hot source of heat.
cat5 cabling system seems better
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Or, hear me out here.. You could just wrap the wire around the untouched head of a match like we used to do 30 years ago in Boy Scouts..
You can wrap the wire around the match head, but the result will be too large in diameter to fit inside a model rocket engine nozzle. Tried it years ago. It may work if you can find small matches.
@@electronicsNmore Oh yeah. lol Good point. :D Love your videos by the way. :D
Good morning, you should take up the hobby of model rocketry. Diy model rocket igniters would be less work for the task at hand.