braddsn Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 Here is a 4" N-1 Glitter shell I shot tonight. Stars are too small, but will be perfect in a 3" shell. This is the first N-1 shell I have made, and the stars burned faster than I thought they would. So yes, the break is small, but I got 100% ignition, which was my primary goal. The next 4" N-1 video I post should have a much bigger break. This break was boosted with slow flash.
enanthate Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 (edited) LOL, how much lift?? Haha, that thing went sky high!!Nice shell anyways, but would prefer to see it a bit lower.. ^^ Edit: Oh, flipping my phone made it look different.. Still a bit high IMO, but a nice shell anyway. What size stars? Edited March 12, 2015 by enanthate
braddsn Posted March 12, 2015 Author Posted March 12, 2015 Enanthate, LOL... yeah it did go a little high. I was experimenting with lift along with doing the ignition test. I used 15% lift for this baby instead of the normal 10% to see what happened. 15% way too much. :) The lift literally shook the ground! I was shocked at how much difference 5% made!
Wiley Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 Nice D1! Mine is made with too-coarse aluminum so the tail doesn't last very well.
braddsn Posted March 15, 2015 Author Posted March 15, 2015 Wiley, that is not D1, it is N1. N1 is a version of D1 but with a longer hanging tail and deeper color. You should try it, you will never go back to D1 if you do!
Wiley Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 I suppose I could read the thread title I don't have antimony or I'd try it. It's very nice looking.
braddsn Posted March 16, 2015 Author Posted March 16, 2015 Wiley you don't need Antimony. N1 is: KNO3-51, Sulfur – 15, Charcoal – 10, Aluminum – 8 (-325), Sodium Bicarb – 12,Dextrin – 4
Wiley Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 Oh gosh, two consecutive brain farts! I now see that I was thinking of the Gold Twinkler formula in one of those Skylighter tutorials. That one contains antimony. And N1 is indeed a very nice looking star. I'll make a batch of it, even though my aluminum is a bit fine (-425 mesh from eBay).
braddsn Posted March 16, 2015 Author Posted March 16, 2015 Your Aluminum will work fine, no probs. N-1 is really awesome in person, the vid doesn't do it justice. D-1 was my first love, but once I saw N-1 I switched to it.
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