Scott,

I understood what you meant. But I have to admit the igniters are one of the most intriguing aspects of the kit. They look much shorter and are packaged much differently from the ones included in the much later version of Rock-A-Chutes I wrote about in this thread.

It's hard to imagine you could bend them in half as shown in the instructions and get them to slide into that tiny nozzle.

I wonder if anybody here remembers using these kind of igniters?

I kinda vaguely remember them...it was 52 years ago!

THAT! was my first kit!

Simply beautiful!

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I thought they were probably just repackaged cut lengths of Jetex "wick" (fuse). Can't tell from your photo. You could use them as fuses, but you could also force some current through the core wire. The box of Estes-manufactured Rock-A-Chutes I have did not have any igniters.

It's nice to confirm that the instructions in the NARAM 50 repro kits are exact reproductions of the originals (except that yours obviously shows the rubber nose cone vs the maple nose).
More interesting though is the extra documentation (or really, promotional material) that Bill didn't include in the repro kits.

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VERY nice pictures !
Thanks for posting them !

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REally great pics Gus.
Thansk for sharing.

Terry Dean

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Wow -
What everybody else said!
Thanks for posting all the pics.

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I'm a little late for the party here.....sorry!.....I got an MMI Aerobee-Hi for my birthday back in the late 50's, I believe it came with three motors instead of six, but it was to long ago to be sure. The igniters that came with it were basically a piece of Jetex fuse bent into a V-form that went into the nozzle and held in place with an adhesive disk(like the parachute disks). The ends of the igniters were stripped to expose the copper wire core were alligator clips would be attached.
Since I was to young and impatient, when I saw the igniters I just used a length of Jetex fuse to launch it. Jetex fuse was readily available at the time, so if it were bought in bulk a lot of igniters could be made cheaply. It's also my understanding that the original motors were produced by a fireworks manufacturer, so it all seemed to start from existing technology of the day and developed from there.

I have made and used copies of the cross-shaped typing paper body tube liners that Stine illustrated in the early editions of his "Handbook of Model Rocketry," and they work very well. To ensure that a possibly-smoldering one didn't reach the ground hot, the liners could also be made using two or three plies of flame-proofed art tissue. The nice thing about the liners is that since they completely encapsulate the bottom and sides of the folded parachute or streamer, melted spots on 'chutes and streamers (and singed shroud lines and streamer attachment lines) almost never occur when the liners are used.

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