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Re: 9-volt / rocket launcher?

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From: jOHn BErRyhIlL
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 1988 23:54
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In article <2557@ddsw1.MCS.COM> benfeen@ddsw1.UUCP (Ben Feen) writes:
>
>How can I use a 9-volt battery and other components
>  to heat something up enough that I can light a fuse with it?

Get some Estes Rocket Engine Igniters from your local hobby store.
They are pieces of small gauge nichrome wire with some kind of
match head type stuff on them.  They are made for use with
Estes model rocket engines, but have a wide variety of other
applications.

-------------------------=< John B. Berryhill >=-------------------------
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Subject: Re: 9-volt / rocket launcher?
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