Something I regularly notice with Apogee ed./build videos, they are shot too wide/distant so you can't see the details esp. on phone. Also captioning often runs right on top of foreground or area of interest. Shoot tighter tilt down for us old folks. Thanks!
Hey Tim, Cool video as always but a question - How many Q2G2 igniters can be wired this way and still reliably, simultaneously ignite (given a typical 12volt club launch system)?
The reason is that the Estes igniters require a higher current to heat up and ignite, whereas the old Q2G2's can ignite instantly with less energy. The Q2G2's are less likely to fail in a series for this reason.
Parallel wiring means that if you were to have 2 igniters then each individual igniter would have both right side leads going to one end of the terminal and the both left side leads going to the opposite end. Whereas in a series you would connect them end to end with the outermost ends going to the opposite ends of the terminal. Another way to look at it would be like cutting paper dolls out "individually" and attaching all the right legs to one side of the terminal and all the left legs to the opposite side (parallel) versus cutting out a paper doll "chain" and attaching the hanging leg on the far right to one end and the hanging leg on the far left to the other terminal (Series).
Something I regularly notice with Apogee ed./build videos, they are shot too wide/distant so you can't see the details esp. on phone. Also captioning often runs right on top of foreground or area of interest. Shoot tighter tilt down for us old folks. Thanks!
We'll do our best. But remember that we're not professional videographers.
@@apogeerockets I understand. You give tipsfor building rockets, I'm trying to aid that. Tipsfor better videography. We all want to improve, right?
Hey Tim, Cool video as always but a question - How many Q2G2 igniters can be wired this way and still reliably, simultaneously ignite (given a typical 12volt club launch system)?
Why can't you wire estes in series, sure you'd need some extra wire bc the fuses yould break otherwise but is there a specific reason not to...
The reason is that the Estes igniters require a higher current to heat up and ignite, whereas the old Q2G2's can ignite instantly with less energy. The Q2G2's are less likely to fail in a series for this reason.
Interesting. What is it about these igniters that makes this possible? I don't understand how this works.
You might have skipped over something... See the message at the end of the description to the video.
what do you mean by parallel
Parallel wiring means that if you were to have 2 igniters then each individual igniter would have both right side leads going to one end of the terminal and the both left side leads going to the opposite end. Whereas in a series you would connect them end to end with the outermost ends going to the opposite ends of the terminal. Another way to look at it would be like cutting paper dolls out "individually" and attaching all the right legs to one side of the terminal and all the left legs to the opposite side (parallel) versus cutting out a paper doll "chain" and attaching the hanging leg on the far right to one end and the hanging leg on the far left to the other terminal (Series).
Parallel wiring means that all positive and negatives are wired together. On the ESTES igniter not easy to do.
sorry but i have a question: i plan on igniting 3 rocket engines at the same time do you really need 12 volt battery to do that?
peter kao if it’s a smaller engine no, if it’s bigger yes
how high does it go? looks pretty far. cool!
It goes really high. I didn't have an altimeter on it, so I can't say for sure.
How you make this rocket make vedio
With a video camera and an Apple computer. You can probably make a video using your cell phone.
Well . . . you have me there, Bud. I'll let you know how 8 works!
awesome
Perfect! Well done and thx.
Nice!
These model rockets are nothing more than tarted up fireworks. But if it keeps nerdy twerps happy, then keep it up sunny Jim !