Ignis Operations Manual
Drone Amplified
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1.9 Environmental Limitations
The Ignis system has been designed to operate under the following conditions:
●
System temperatures ranging from 5
°
C to 40
°
C (40
°
F to 105
°
F).
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No precipitation.
●
Humidity under 90% and non-condensing on the surface of Ignis.
●
Winds within the operational limits of the drone carrying Ignis, but no greater than
15m/s.
Caution should be exercised when performing ignitions under high winds and/or at
higher altitudes to ensure that the ignition spheres drop on target and are not blown out of
the ignition area.
Operations outside of these limits are untested, add risk, and may endanger property
and persons. Special care must be taken to ensure that temperatures are not inadvertently
exceeded. For instance, leaving Ignis in its storage case in the sun can cause temperatures
to be exceeded, even when the ambient temperature is significantly lower. Similarly,
moisture and temperatures can vary significantly based on drone altitude.
1.10 Ignition Spheres and Fluid
The Ignis system is designed to use standard Dragon Egg spheres
https://www.sei-ind.com/products/dragon-eggs/. The Ignis 2 Hopper holds up to 400
ignition spheres. Use with other ignition spheres is not supported and may cause damage to
the equipment, drone, or start uncontrolled fires.
The Ignis injects ethylene glycol (common automotive antifreeze) into the ignition
spheres. After injection, the ignition spheres typically will ignite within 20-40 seconds,
although this time is highly variable based on the ambient temperature (longer times at
colder temperatures, sometimes as long as 2 minutes when near freezing).
The amount of antifreeze Ignis injects is fully customizable and can be configured in the
app (see
). Injection amounts between 0.3-0.5ml work well under most
conditions, although variability in antifreeze composition can impact the results and
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