34 replies to this topic

[Arthur Brown]

Maplin are doing an offer on the 5 channel consumer remote controller for use with cat 2 & 3 fireworks with visco attatched this month very much like Brightspark but different.

[screwball]

Maplin are doing an offer on the 5 channel consumer remote controller for use with cat 2 & 3 fireworks with visco attatched this month very much like Brightspark but different.

its leaps and bounds above and beyond the old brightspark units is the Launch Kontrol firing system :-) theres 2 systems and the pro version will fire up to 20 fireworks using 4 receivers on the 1 remote control , or more if you double up receivers

[pyrotechnist]

Have you got a link to the offer?

[portfire]

Have you got a link to the offer?

Just type 'Fireworks' in the search window.

Looks good for £20, so I'm off to buy one today

[Arthur Brown]

http://www.maplin.co...226037#features

five channels of coded transmission over 15metres by infra red. decide for yourself if it's for you.

[maxman]

Looks very good! How does it work? I mean it looks like you just clip onto visco. Is there a filament that ignites the visco or is there some comp on the clip? How many uses from each clip? Anyone bought one yet?

[Arthur Brown]

The clip is a one shot that contains NO compound, it is a resistance wire like a light filament that burns into the visco to ignite it.

[maxman]

One shot? from each clip then you have to spend another tenner for a refill pack of three? That sounds a very expensive way of lighting fireworks to me.

[maxman]

Looks like 5 shots per clip

[Arthur Brown]

Each bundle of clips has 5 and there are three bundles in a pack so 15 cues for the money

[screwball]

its 5 shots or clips per pack per receiver , the basic system is 5 fireworks fired then its a case of re-arming the unit .....the pro version uses 4 receivers on the 1 remote so fires 20 fireworks before havng to be re-armed , this is all assuming you use 1 receiver per button on the remote control , it is possible to use 6 or 7 receivers per button if you want to fire in multiples , replacement packs of fuses are £9.95 for 15 clips enabling 15 fireworks to be fired

http://www.launchkon....com/index2.htm

thats the official site of the product

[portfire]

Yeah, 5 shots per clip. Went and bought one today, even though the replacement clips are quite expensive, the unit seems good value, for basically a tenner and who's to say you buy the clips...Relays...E-match would be good for test fires.

As a general consumer product I think it's good value, from a safety point.

If anyone is interested and the weather is ok, I'll test fire a clip tomorrow ?

[Daedalus]

Yeah, 5 shots per clip. Went and bought one today, even though the replacement clips are quite expensive, the unit seems good value, for basically a tenner and who's to say you buy the clips...Relays...E-match would be good for test fires.

As a general consumer product I think it's good value, from a safety point.

If anyone is interested and the weather is ok, I'll test fire a clip tomorrow ?

Given that it is firing visco purely from a hot wire I would very much doubt that you need a relay to fire an e-match with it - it should source enough current for e-matches and Estes igiters I would think.

From the ad the connectors look to be industry standard IDC ribbon connectors so I would guess the whole rig is pretty good quality. The clips can probably be re-worked or at least the ribbon re-used as a tail to another igniter.

Pity the range is only 15m - given that at the price of clips it will be most useful on larger cat3 fireworks. I was thinking of getting one to fire my finale sequence to allow reasonably close timing between the fireworks and not having to spread them out too much.

[portfire]

Given that it is firing visco purely from a hot wire I would very much doubt that you need a relay to fire an e-match with it - it should source enough current for e-matches and Estes igiters I would think.

No doubt It would, but I was thinking more along lines of extending the range, for example using the unit to trigger the relay, switching a higher current down 100m's of cable. Also the IR range is 65'

[cooperman435]

Have a look at the nichrome wire that I assume is across the clip to ignite the wire. If it appears quite thick compared to e-match bridge wire then you can simply run a wire of considerable length to an e-match.