<div dir="ltr">Information on the new 'initiators' that are hazmat free.<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Kevin Trojanowski via TRA</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tra@tripoli.org">tra@tripoli.org</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 12:05 PM<br>Subject: [TRA] MJG FireWire Initiators Experience?<br>To: Tripoli Forum <<a href="mailto:tra@tripoli.org">tra@tripoli.org</a>><br><br><br><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone used MJG's new FireWire Initiators in a rocket, yet?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://electricmatch.com/products/see/6/mjg-firewire-initiator" target="_blank">https://electricmatch.com/products/see/6/mjg-firewire-initiator</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">These are their new HAZMAT-free/license free initiators, and I'm wondering what folks have had for experience with them, thus far.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you've used them, I'd also be curious to hear how you used them (ejection charges, staging, main igniter, etc) and what electronics.<span class=""><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></p><span class=""><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">-Kevin<u></u><u></u></p></font></span></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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<br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> And one persons's experience with testing them.</span><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></p></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">I ordered a batch of the new MJG Technologies firewire initiators. </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">I tried firing one off of the telemega and I just got an open circuit (not enough juice from the 4.? V battery). </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">I touched a new one off of a 12V battery and it made an impressive snap instantly. </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">Worked great too off of a 9V battery so it should work fine on a stratologger.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">With my comprehensive experiment consisting of three trials, they work well but the telemega/ telemetrum will need a pyro battery with more voltage and thus current to fire.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">Regards,</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">Eric </span></p></div></blockquote></div>