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Old 02-25-2020, 12:11 PM
A Fish Named Wallyum A Fish Named Wallyum is offline
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Originally Posted by tbzep
Speaking of clay in the nozzle, I scrape the inside of all my upper stage motors to make sure the surface is clear of obstruction. I've never had an upper stage fail to ignite. I seldom have a pad ignition failure, but when I do, I do the same thing with the single stage motor before inserting a new igniter.

I think I learned this from Doug Sams not long after YORF came online.

I learned it from Mark Fisher after we watched my Estes Beta clone do a post-hole right in front of us in 2002. My first visit to VOA.
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