Model Rocket Igniter Control

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This is a rocket igniter control box I made for model rocketry for my kids. I want to get my kids into model rockets. I had a lot of fun when I was younger. I used to have everything. Its long gone. So I'm starting from scratch. You can spend a lot of money getting started, but I have a 3D printer..... So I designed this to look really cool and work well. I intend it to give it a realistic feeling by having a igniter box that looks like something that could have been from the space program. It uses a key that you must turn. Real functioning key. To launch you push the leaver forward and ZOOOM. It will run on 2 18650 lithium batteries. I found as a kid that if you used a lot of power the igniters worked better, launched faster and in a pinch you can take the spent leg of an igniter and fold it in half, and insert into a rocket engine. When igniting the wire glows red hot and ignites the engine!!!! This is a work in progress. Here are some of the features I plan. When connecting the leads to the igniter, it will sound a beeper alerting you that the leads are connected. I want it so that if the key is in it when you connect the leads it locks out so it will not work until you remove the key and leads and start over. For saftey. Also I intend for the buzzer to go from beeping to a solid buzz when the key is armed after the leads are connected. No STL's yet.. This is a place holder...