The opposed jet burner configuration that has been constructed in this experiment has been proven capable of producing and sustaining a stable stagnation flame. Despite the presence of a double helix shaped silicon carbide heating rod that resides in the top burner, the effect that it has on the flow and the resulting imposed velocity gradient on the stagnation flame did not cause a deviation from previously performed experimental results for a Methane stagnation flame at φ=0.7. However, this only holds true if the heating rod is positioned in just the right location, in the center of the top burner and at the right angle so it is parallel to the inner walls of the burner. Now that the combustion rig has been constructed and is capable of sustaining stable stagnation flames, the groundwork has been laid to begin testing ignition of fuel air mixtures through the heating of the air flow through the top burner. Future studies will need to be done to quantify the effect of the increased flow rate that will be induced by heating the flow through the top burner, and the necessary flow rate adjustments to ensure the momentum of the top and bottom flow remain equal so that a stable stagnation flame can still be produced. Ultimately, once the ignition of gaseous fuels has been achieved by this system and is calibrated to sustain stagnation flames consistent with previously published experimental data of laminar flame speeds, the rig will once more be modified to allow for the preheating of liquid fuels through the bottom burner, with the end goal of achieving ignition of various cracked states of JP-7.