Pretty green flame Posted July 15, 2006 Posted July 15, 2006 My first submission It's a 2-1/2" canister shell with white stars made with hardwood charcoal so they have a nice tail. 2Fg equvalent was used for the break and lift. The shell weighed 200grams and was lifted with 15grams of BP. Time delay fuse was a 7mm spollette rammed to a depth of 1" (cca. 3sec delay) Action shothttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a374/AVP2/Actionshot.jpg Moviehttp://www.zippyvideos.com/899706454558928..._charcoal_tail/ EDIT: Fixed the link.
Mephistos Minion Posted July 15, 2006 Posted July 15, 2006 Very nice PGF. Good symmetry on the break for a canister! Love those tails too.
Pyroman2 Posted July 15, 2006 Posted July 15, 2006 The requested URL /files/PGF_canister...harcoaltail.wmv was not found on this server. Nice stars.. white with charcoal tail. also powerful break and very good ingnition. P2
Pretty green flame Posted July 15, 2006 Author Posted July 15, 2006 The requested URL /files/PGF_canister...harcoaltail.wmv was not found on this server. I can't download this movie, but picture is nice:) I have fixed it, transfered it to zippy videos.
BigBang Posted July 15, 2006 Posted July 15, 2006 Nice job PGF. That was an amazing break, especially since it was a canister. Also the stars were beautiful, with long lasting tails(which almost hit the ground from the looks of the video.) Do you have a prefiring pic? Did you spike it? If you did (with that break I'll bet you did) what did you use to spike it? What was the composition for those stars? Sorry for all the questions, but those are a few things I wouldn't mind knowing. Great shell, man, great shell.
Pretty green flame Posted July 24, 2006 Author Posted July 24, 2006 Hey all, sorry about the late answer but it's not exactly easy to find an internet spot on the canary islands 1. Yes, i do have a pre-firing pic. Spikedhttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a374/AVP2/Canister65mmSpiked.jpg Pastedhttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a374/AVP2/Caniser65mmPasted.jpg Wrapped with leader and lifthttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a374/AVP2/Shellcloseup.jpg I spike the shells with hemp twine (1.5mm) which is extremely strong, i then paste the whole spiked shell with a thin layer of wheat paste so the string adheres better. The composition for the stars was a simple white formula. KNO3 - 72Sulfur - 29Charcoal - 3 (use commercial lumpwood)Dex - 5
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