<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_6731"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_6758">OK, Congratulations on your level 2 also.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_6999">Thanks,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_7000"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_7001" dir="ltr">Bruce</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_7002" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_6762" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_6761" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_6760" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1">  <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_6765" face="Arial" size="2"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_6764"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_6763" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Thomas Weeks &lt;tweeksjunk2@theweeks.org&gt;<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_7004"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_7003" style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> bruce fette &lt;brucefette@yahoo.com&gt; <br><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_7006"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_7005" style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> "nrvr-members@nrvr.org" &lt;nrvr-members@nrvr.org&gt; <br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_7008"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_7007" style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, November 27, 2014 2:17 AM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_7010"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_7009" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [NRVR-Members] Igniter/Match Meeting this past week<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417105004767_6778" class="y_msg_container"><br>Hey Bruce!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Oh, I've had my L2 from earlier this year, have had my L1 since back in 2011 <br clear="none">and been flying medium power since 2004ish with AARG (Austin) where the <br clear="none">president of TRA Stu Barret flies. Fun guys.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sorry, but it was a fairly small turn out and no one was able to video. <br clear="none">However, I did get the slides and can share that out as soon as I get back to <br clear="none">work (they're on my work laptop).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Tweeks<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Sunday 23 November 2014 07:49:28 bruce fette wrote:<br clear="none">&gt; Tom,I enjoyed browsing the photos. Congratulations on your level 1.<br clear="none">&gt; I would love to know if the one guy got all of that rocket into his car.<br clear="none">&gt; And for igniters, please arrange to send me a link on the video or<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; presentation.<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; Thanks,Bruce<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  From: Thomas Weeks &lt;<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:tweeksjunk2@theweeks.org" href="mailto:tweeksjunk2@theweeks.org">tweeksjunk2@theweeks.org</a>&gt;<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; To: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nrvr-members@nrvr.org" href="mailto:nrvr-members@nrvr.org">nrvr-members@nrvr.org</a><br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 10:43 PM<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; Subject: [NRVR-Members] Igniter/Match Meeting this past week<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; Hey all!<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; Just wanted to share some of the highlights from the meeting this past<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; week. We were honored to get a very professionally done presentation on<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; high reliability igniter design (for ground clusters and air starts) by<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; our own Pat Artis.&nbsp; I have the presentation if anyone wants a copy (I'll<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; post it to the site &amp; fbook soon).&nbsp; Listening to Pat speak though, you can<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; tell that he's a deep well of decades of useful, expert information. It<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; was really a treat getting to hear him speak:<br clear="none">&gt; <a shape="rect" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202115212362180&amp;l=7214535b95" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202115212362180&amp;l=7214535b95</a><br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; In a nut shell Pat covered what you need to do to get the statistics of<br clear="none">&gt; igniters up to par to ensure your clusters and air start motor ignitions<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; work every time and you don't lose a $700 bird.<br clear="none">&gt; <a shape="rect" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202115218122324&amp;l=6348b63b01" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202115218122324&amp;l=6348b63b01</a><br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; Key info for anyone attempting an L3 or doing complex flights.<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; Here are some of the resulting igniters we made (some used raw nichrome<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; wire twisted around the leads, most used nichrome "chips"):<br clear="none">&gt; <a shape="rect" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202115220562385&amp;l=24d50dcd80" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202115220562385&amp;l=24d50dcd80</a><br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; We even went outside afterwards and did some testing. :)<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; I was glad to have so much experience on the topic in the room while we<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; were actually dipping.&nbsp; Bob even has a really cool "add on" recipe for<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; what appears to be the ability to turn any ematch IN to a very effective<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; igniter (maybe he'll share the details on list.. or flag him for the<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp; details).<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; Tweeks<br clear="none">&gt; _______________________________________________<br clear="none">&gt; NRVR-Members mailing list<br clear="none">&gt; <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:NRVR-Members@nrvr.org" href="mailto:NRVR-Members@nrvr.org">NRVR-Members@nrvr.org</a><br clear="none">&gt; <a shape="rect" href="http://nrvr.org/mailman/listinfo/nrvr-members" target="_blank">http://nrvr.org/mailman/listinfo/nrvr-members</a><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yqt0334645359" id="yqtfd95649"><br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">NRVR-Members mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:NRVR-Members@nrvr.org" href="mailto:NRVR-Members@nrvr.org">NRVR-Members@nrvr.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://nrvr.org/mailman/listinfo/nrvr-members" target="_blank">http://nrvr.org/mailman/listinfo/nrvr-members</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div>  </div>