I have a little chart showing which engines go with which color igniter plugs. I printed it on sticky paper and stuck it on top of my igniter and plug box. I've relied upon it for years.

At last week's launch I noticed it was getting a little worn. So I re-did it and thought it might be of use to others. So I've attached it here.


Steve

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Estes Igniter Plug Colors.pdf (29.4 KB, 149 views)

Excellent idea! I will print this out and place one in my range box. Thanks!

Nice and more succinct than a similarly-intended chart I got on TRF some time ago. An update/addition: E12s (24mm) use the yellow plug, as do 1/2A6s (18mm).

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C5 has not been made in decades, so drop it or else add the similarly out of production B8.

As previously pointed out, add the E12 and specify that the E9 I he one with the black plug (i.e. don't just say "24mm E")

And the D11 also uses the white plug.

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Thanks for the advice. I've replaced the original attached PDF with a revised one.

It's funny, I didn't want to go to the basement to dig through my motors to find some E12s, so I just used the info from the Estes site, which is incorrect.

http://www.estesrockets.com/002252-c11-d-and-e-24-mm-engine-igniter-plugs

Great chart, Steve.
Thanks !

One thing; I personally think you should have left the reference to the Blue Plug in the chart for the C5/B8/B14; it fits all three motors for those of us that have 'stashes' of old OOP motors we still fly.
I probably have at least 30 B5's and B14's still and have more than that in the C5-3. I would imagine my collection is rather small compared to others.

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The instructions that come with the motor packs have the chart on them... I just cut it out of there and taped it inside the lid off my motor box in the part I store ignitors in...

Works for me and no need to print anything out...

Later! Ol JR

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I've done both, but I have an 8 1/2X11 version of the chart I alluded to above (posted by Gary Byrum) in a sheet protector that I put out on the table at club launches for folks to refer to. The chart in the motor instruction sheets is pretty tiny....

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Same here.

OTOH it would be nice to have a big chart we can tape to the RSO table at club launches and point at while saying "Look, since you're too busy to read the instructions . . . "

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Stefan,

Here is where Gary Byrum posted a large version of his take on the plug chart: http://www.rocketryforum.com/showth...6721#post566721

This is the one I mentioned in my prior post.

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