Need bigger spark!!

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Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:52 am

I got a question, what is the best was to get a bigger spark?? I cant use a taser, caporitors would work but i have had a few blow up :shock: ,There are going to be 2 sparkplugs or a chamber short with 5 sparks in it. What is the best way to do it :?: Thx


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Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:16 pm

you can use a taser, you just need someone who can buy them to modify it so its not in a hand held enclosure. The hand held enclosure of the stun gun guts is what classifies it as a weapon, if the guts are taken out and put in a square box its no more illegal than the ignition system for a gas powered RC car :)
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Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:33 pm

or an ignition coil is good but they are bulky, camera flash is good too but you need the spark gap realy close and the contacts wear away pretty fast.
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Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:09 am

Why would you ned a bigger spark? The chamber of my spudgun is 29" long and 4" wide and it ignights perfectly with a BBQ ignighter. You just gotta get the fuel right.
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Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:02 am

I know that a BBQ would work, but I was seeing what else is out there to try, I all ways want to try some new.


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Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:04 pm

Maybe a short spark strip? I dont know how to make a bigger spark.
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Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:08 pm

how about a flyback ignition system or you could use a Ignition coil and a flash unit???
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Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:25 pm

I "borrowed" a taser from my friends house and made it with 2 spark plugs. That was a while ago, I dont know if I still have the cannon.
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Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:40 pm

i had a RC car i took apart and found this magnatized thing with wires i hooked that up to a switch then to a battery and some wires in the chamber and when i flicked the switch i get constant sparks non stop , and theyre quite powerful sparks as well.
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Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:59 pm

would you have a pic of it MrCrowley?
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Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:32 am

ill try get one up tonight, i use my phone and it takes awhile to send the pic to my comp via infra red, i used the spark thing on a mini combustion that i took apart so ill post a pic of just the spark thingy.
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Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:34 am

Cool ,no worries
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