Its a solid core phone line 24g spun to create rigidity. The initial pyrogen is the conductor - aluminum powder, magnesium alloy, KCLO3 and binder. The pink is a secondary pyrogen - nitrocellulose. TheY ohm between 1-5. The best part is that I made them! [with a bunch of help from all of you!] Thanks all! And remember, "Life is Always Better with a Cannon!" CANNONMAN
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Don't have a cannon, don't want a cannon myself; but they sure are fun to watch and hear.
But here it is Sunday after a looooooonnnngggg work-week; which had me using A TON of single pair Cat 5 twisted 24 ga in my efforts.
Now it's Sunday, and I'm trying not to think about anything pertaining to work for another 20 hours; and you spoil it with this picture!
Just kidding; glad to see it worked out for you. Kinda looks like a heavy-duty version of the Ni-Chrome igniters used to light off model rocket motors from those days of my childhood.
Which, by the way, reminds me of the time when two of us idiots decided to see how well an Estes A4-3 motor would launch all on it's own.
So we glued a "guide tube" (the little straw that holds the model rocket to the launching rod) onto the motor, but not aligned well with the motor body; and lit 'er off!
Left the launch rod and angled over to about 35 degrees towards the "Mighty Colorado River" (yard wide and maybe two feet deep back then), and into some scrub reeds, Tamarack trees, and a couple of "hobo houses" made of old refrigerator boxes.
It did not end well.
First time I've thought about that epic adventure in 40 years. Only mentioned it today because I realized that it was TWO TIMES the Statute of Limitations ago.
But here it is Sunday after a looooooonnnngggg work-week; which had me using A TON of single pair Cat 5 twisted 24 ga in my efforts.
Now it's Sunday, and I'm trying not to think about anything pertaining to work for another 20 hours; and you spoil it with this picture!
Just kidding; glad to see it worked out for you. Kinda looks like a heavy-duty version of the Ni-Chrome igniters used to light off model rocket motors from those days of my childhood.
Which, by the way, reminds me of the time when two of us idiots decided to see how well an Estes A4-3 motor would launch all on it's own.
So we glued a "guide tube" (the little straw that holds the model rocket to the launching rod) onto the motor, but not aligned well with the motor body; and lit 'er off!
Left the launch rod and angled over to about 35 degrees towards the "Mighty Colorado River" (yard wide and maybe two feet deep back then), and into some scrub reeds, Tamarack trees, and a couple of "hobo houses" made of old refrigerator boxes.
It did not end well.
First time I've thought about that epic adventure in 40 years. Only mentioned it today because I realized that it was TWO TIMES the Statute of Limitations ago.
I love stupid kid stories, when the kid was me so... ever build a match gun? You took one of Mom's clothes pins and a rubber band and shot kitchen matches? Ya ever just watched in wonderment as they flew threw the air and ignited just before they hit the ground. And as you walked along the old dry prairie with your best friend shooting all those matches you finally noticed the bad thing growing behind you? How I lived threw those days with my butt intact I will never know...
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