Wick materials. Safe vs dangerous.

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You know the three rules to being a good copilot?

Something like this?

Aviation Rules to Live By

The only three things a wingman should ever say are:
1. Two's up.
2. Lead, you're on fire.
3. I'll take the fat chick.

...and in a multi-place aircraft, there are only three things the copilot should ever say:

1. Nice landing, Sir.
2. I'll buy the first round.
3. I'll take the fat chick.

As a new copilot on Americam Airlines, I was told to say these three things, and otherwise keep my mouth shut and not touch anything:
1. Clear on the right.
2. Outer (marker) on the double (indicator)
3. I'll eat the chicken. (Crew meals consisted of one steak and one chicken to avoid possible food poisoning of the cockpit crew).

About Fighter Pilots:
1. As an Aviator in flight you can do anything you want... As long as it's right...
And we'll let you know if it's right after you get down.
2. You can't fly forever without getting killed.
3. As a fighter pilot only two bad things can happen to you and one of them will:
a. One day you will walk out to the aircraft knowing that it is your last flight in a fighter.
b. One day you will walk out to the airplane not knowing that it is your last flight in a fighter.
4. Success is being able to walk to your F.E.B.
5. There are Rules and there are Laws. The rules are made by men who think that they know better how to fly your airplane than you. The Laws (of Physics) were made by the Great One. You can, and sometimes should, suspend the Rules but you can never suspend the Laws.
6. More about Rules:
a. The rules are a good place to hide if you don't have a better idea and the talent to execute it.
b. If you deviate from a rule, it must be a flawless performance. (e.g., If you fly under a bridge, don't hit the bridge.)
7. The fighter pilot is the highest form of life on earth.
8. The ideal fighter pilot is the perfect blend of discipline and aggressiveness.
9. About check rides:
a. The only real objective of a check ride is to complete it and get the ....... out of your airplane.
b. It has never occurred to any flight examiner that the examinee couldn't care less what the examiner's opinion of his flying ability really is.
10. The medical profession is the natural enemy of the aviation profession.
11. The job of the Wing Commander is to worry incessantly that his career depends solely on the abilities of his aviators to fly their airplanes without mishap and that their only minuscule contribution to the effort is to bet their lives on it.
12. Ever notice that the only experts who decree that the age of the pilot is over are people who have never flown anything? Also, in spite of the intensity of their feelings that the pilot's day is over I know of no such expert who has volunteered to be a passenger in a non-piloted aircraft.
13. It is absolutely imperative that the fighter pilot be unpredictable. Rebelliousness is very predictable. In the end, conforming almost all the time is the best way to be unpredictable.
14. He who demands everything that his aircraft can give him is a pilot; he that demands one iota more is a fool.
15. If you're gonna fly low, do not fly slow!
16. It is solely the pilot's responsibility to never let any other thing touch his aircraft.
17. If you can learn how to fly as a Lt. and not forget how to fly by the time you're a Lt.Col you will have lived a happy life.
18. About night flying:
a. Remember that the airplane doesn't know that it's dark.
b. On a clear, moonless night, never fly between the tanker's lights.
c. There are certain aircraft sounds that can only be heard at night.
d. If you're going to night fly, it might as well be in the weather so you can double count your exposure to both hazards.
e. Night formation is really an endless series of near misses in equilibrium with each other.
f. You would have to pay a lot of money at a lot of amusement parks and perhaps add a few drugs, to get the same blend of psychedelic sensations as a single engine night weather flight on the wing.
19. One of the most important skills that a pilot must develop is the skill to ignore those things that were designed by non-pilots to get the pilot's attention.
20. At the end of the day, the controllers, ops supervisors, maintenance guys, weather guessers, and birds; they're all trying to kill you and your job is to not let them!
21. The concept of "controlling" airspace with radar is just a form of FAA sarcasm directed at fighter pilots to see if they're gullible enough to swallow it.
Or to put it another way, when's the last time the FAA ever shot anyone down?
22. Remember that the radio is only an electronic suggestion box for the pilot. Sometimes the only way to clear up a problem is to turn it off.
23. It is a tacit, yet profound admission of the pre-eminence of flying in the hierarchy of the human spirit, that those who seek to control aviators via threats always threaten to take one's wings and not one's life.
24. Remember when flying low and inverted that the rudder still works the same old way but hopefully your IP never taught you "pull stick back, plane go up".
25. Mastering the prohibited maneuvers in the dash-1 is one of the best forms of aviation life insurance you can get.
26. A tactic done twice is a procedure. (Refer to unpredictability discussion above)
27. The aircraft G-limits are only there in case there is another flight by that particular airplane. If subsequent flights do not appear likely, there are no G-limits.
28. One of the beautiful things about a single piloted aircraft is the quality of the social experience.
29. If a mother has the slightest suspicion that her infant might grow up to be a pilot, she had better teach him to put things back where he got them.
30. The ultimate responsibility of the pilot is to fulfill the dreams of the countless millions of earthbound ancestors who could only stare skyward and wish.
31. Any flight over water in a single engine fighter will absolutely guarantee abnormal engine noises and vibrations.
 

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I got a Phoenix from mov for under $15, rebuilt the coil yesterday, and all I can say is; bj, cut out that "small" talk, you are a giant among vapers;) When I started vaping over a year ago I tried to find out if anybody was using cotton, only found posts by naysayers who had not tried it but were sure it wouldn't work. So because of that, and the formerly outrages price of rebuildables, I waited till now to try my hand at making coils. I used cotton candle wick and Nichrome, and well, this is by far the best vape I've ever had. I had no idea how poor the bridgless 306s I loved so much would be when compared to this. I've now completed the hat trick and holy trinity of vaping, which is making mods, diy juice, and making coils.
I want to get a rebuildable tank next, but the vision viva nova just seems to have so many plastic parts... There's just a few small ones in the Phoenix, and it seems like they could be ceramic, but for $15...

Also, has anybody tried and had success with raw or organic cotton, if so what kind? Or how bout, dare I say it, hemp wick or yarn?

Okay, now I'm off to try the "rolled absorbent cotton" from cvs, even though the candle wick is performing so mind bogglingly well at the moment.
 

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I really hate new cotton wicks, but after 3 ml they are great. At first when I tried cotton I almost gave up on it. Now to make a mod that will vape the first 3ml and break them in. Got a setup on a vivi nova that is so good I will probably cry when it pops. The best advise I can give is be patient and don't give up on any setup until you have vaped at least 3 ml thru it. The difference is unbelievable.

Your post (along with TomCatt's; who I think I remember was talking about this with others earlier also) got me wondering: has anyone that's boiled a big lump of yarn or candle wick or whatever put it in anything afterwards? I imagine you just dry it completely and put it away.

But, what if it were instead pre-soaked in something (er...e-liquid - but just thinned vg / pg?)? Might this kick start that process, without imparting extra flavoring inside the cotton? What is it climbing into those nooks and crannies of the cotton that makes the flavor float along the outside once they "get there"?

Has anyone noticed this with a fresh piece of cotton in an old coil? Same build-up time?

Here's one that probably has an answer: what about the setups with "extra wick" that's left in the tank and has been submerged in juice all along, and then get's pulled into the next "fresh" positoin? Hopefully there's a shorter (or no) break-in time for those ones.

Small point I guess. Made me wonder anyway.

ETA: May possibly also help reduce "onion finger syndrome" affecting wicks too? :)
 
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Think I will run a job available add for someone to break in my cotton wicks.
Female 18 to 25
Very attractive
Healthy (saliva test required)
Flexible hours, on call basis (when wife isn't home)
Job consists on sucking on a small instrument
No prior experience needed
On the job training

LMFAO

Just to let you know I'm qualified to give pelvic exams...
 

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WRT to PG, VG and ETOH extraction

This came up in the "impatient newbie strikes again" thread in the DIY forum a while back

The collective wisdom seemed to indicate that high VG/water blends were 'best' for extraction, e.g. the time tested glycerite

PG was too 'new' and there was little data

ETOH was considered too agressive as it will bust open plant materials and release 'things we don't want' in the mix

As usual, all theoretic BS lol. Especially considering that VG has been used for glycerites 'forever' yes, but tobacco glycerites for vaping? Not exactly time tested.

All I know is I've only used VG/Water 70/30 and had mixed results. Sometimes using low heat for anywhere from 1-6 hours, sometimes not. I've used cigarette, cigar and pipe tobacco. For whatever reason the Cigar tobacco seems to be the most foolproof, which is unfortunate, as I'm more a pipe man. In fact a few of my cigar extractions were simply too much like the real thing for me to handle lol.

I have three cups now sitting in my room, VG, PG and PGA/splash of water with pipe tobacco. Let's see where this goes.

I really don't think I'll be able to wait the full 2 weeks though, it smells too damn good. BJ did you experiment and find the 2 week steep optimal or was it just a lucky first guess that you've stuck with?
 

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Take tobacco from the tob shop.. I have gone for the additive free or even certain snus's in PG works better than Vg imo.. I am still reading this while eating my 1lb hungry man LOL I have pics of some snusnus I did if you want to see

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which additive free tobaccos?
 
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