The Photons could in theory be powered by mulitple AA's, in series/parellel, I'm not sure exactly how much - I'm assuming 6V, so four AA's would do it, I'm not sure of amperage though -...
I was recently into the model rocket scene, and the ignitors we used were a lot like has been described - a small peice of folded wire, with a bit of black hardened goo on the end. The ...