Please Post VIDEO'S if you got em .

[cplmac]

4lb BP w/Ti Blue star tail to ... damn turned the camera off to soon

[Mumbles]

qwezxc12, those firefly stars you have. Are they from the same batch as you made back in january?

[qwezxc12]

qwezxc12, those firefly stars you have.  Are they from the same batch as you made back in january?

From this post?:

12/22 post in aerial shells

 

If so, then yes...I had around a lb. or so left of the dry mix and pressed up the remainder into 3/8" and 1/2" pumped stars.

 

After my initial tepid reaction to the comp, I rather like it now...Even thought the falling snow obscures the first videos, the 1/2" stars from the 3" shell in Jan., vs. the 4" shell last time seem to hang about the same.

 

I have yet to get them to work reliably as a rising effect, though...either they don't light or they don't take fire vigorously enough and are still burning during the break and zoom off amid the stars ruining the effect.

 

Any reason?

[cplmac]

Try priming them, maybe a hot prime.

 

 

http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos3344/1/20/5/39/34/7/734390520111_0_ALB.jpg

 

FrankenRocket

[al93535]

Here are some vids of stuff I made and shot with Mumbles on friday night.

 

If anyone wants details, ask here. I am just going to post vids, no pics or explanations.

 

 

http://www.littlerockauctions101.com/alpyro/saluterocket.wmv

 

http://www.littlerockauctions101.com/alpyro/beraqrocket.wmv

 

http://www.littlerockauctions101.com/alpyr...hmulticolor.wmv

 

http://www.littlerockauctions101.com/alpyr...amertocolor.wmv

 

http://www.littlerockauctions101.com/alpyr...eredcrackle.wmv

 

http://www.littlerockauctions101.com/alpyro/win22.wmv

 

http://www.littlerockauctions101.com/alpyr...nchcanberaq.wmv

[cplmac]

Great symmetry on those shells!

[qwezxc12]

Very nice! What was the steamer comp? Was it intended to be as dim as that, or is the relative brightness a camera artifact and the stars were actually brighter?...the tail looks extremely fine.

[Tweetybird88]

I'm impressed with some of those. I have a couple of questions on them. What was the comet that you used on the first of the shells? How did you get the whistle effect on the rocket?

[qwezxc12]

Here are two videos from this weekend's shoot:

 

3in D1 Glitter

The D1 was an experiment made with 5micron atomized instead of the 20-30mic usually used. The glitter looked nearly the same, perhaps a little more sparse?

 

4in Shmizu Blue150 to Luce Forte

Trying another blue from the venerable Dr. Shimizu. Luce Forte is a very bright white, but kind of expensive with the large % of BaNO3 as the main oxidizer.

 

Don't mind the car horns...I wasn't playing in traffic. Some 'friends of friends' came to watch and felt compelled to contribute to the event with their %&$#ing horns *every* shot

 

Shell details on request if anyone wants 'em.

 

There are more coming, including my first 6in shells and first 4in double petal break; I haven't converted the video, yet.

 

I NEED a better camera...

[cplmac]

3lb BPwTi to report with green organic on the stick, dusk

 

Really nice shells by the way!

[Pretty green flame]

3lb BPwTi to report with green organic on the stick, dusk

 

Really nice shells by the way!

Close proximity fireworks, nice, although a bit dangerous. I absolutely love the deep report, nice work.

[cplmac]

Thanks, it wasn't supposed to be close proximatey, but the rocket made a slow B-line for me as soon as it meandered out of the tube.

[Pretty green flame]

Anyway nice job, you seem to know your way around titanium salutes as they are absolutely amazing. I am tempted to try one myself.

 

Do you use a special formula or bog standard 70/30. Also, how many % titanium do you use in the mix.

 

 

Thanks

[cplmac]

Actually I don't use Ti in the salute, just in the rocket motor. As for the salute mix, it's pretty much 70/30 with some other stuff added.

[qwezxc12]

Here are a few more from Saturday:

 

3in Starmine: TT w/Ti, D1 Glitter, FireFly#3

Too little lift by far and the Tiger Tail w/Ti was a bad idea; very overfueled so it hit the ground (and trees) still burning.

 

2in Blue Ti Comet turned Starmine

Here's what happens to a comet with either too little binder or not enough pressure used to consolidate it...instant starmine!

 

2in Yellow Ti Comet w/20g Ti Salute

Pretty much how it was supposed to go

 

2in D1 Comet w/50g Ti Salute

D1 didn't glitter much after the first 20 ft and turned into a flying ball of glowing slag (too much binder maybe) and the salute *may* have broken a just little low...just a little...ahem

[cplmac]

Hah, I did the same thing you did with the blue comet, but I did it with a 2.5" gold glitter comet. Didn't let it dry long enough in my case.

[Tweetybird88]

I really liked the yellow comet. You're starmine was a great combonation of stars. I love the cars honking in the backround. Great work for the most part.

[qwezxc12]

Thank you for all the comments...I've converted two more videos from Saturday, both 4" spherical shells:

 

4in Luce Forte w/Ti with FF#3 pistil

My first double petal shell, inner petal was ~2" dia and the shell used a 3g 70:30 flash bag. It broke like crazy was was nice and loud...perfect for a Ti streamer, I think:

http://www.apcforum.net/files/grab00245.jpg

 

 

4in Yellow Metallic Palm

This is my own formula for the yellow: it's semi-metal fueled with MgAl grinder run for crackles. It burns vigorously, almost self-propelling. The stars were thirteen 3/4" pumped comets for a palm break in the shell:

http://www.apcforum.net/files/grab00270.jpg

 

 

Hope you like 'em.

[cplmac]

Yeah no kidding blue squib, his shells are beautiful. The break symmetry is top drawer too.

 

2lb. Whistle with three 1.25" glitter comets on top

 

3lb. whistle on strobe tooling with 2.5" TT xette on top

 

The Tiger Tail xette blew itself out, it was the last bang in the video I think.

[qwezxc12]

I did like them, especially the yellow palm. Did you use NaClO3 in the comp or was NaNO3 enough to make that intense yellow? I would also like to know if you used any sodium components in the lift powder too, looks also very yellow in the vid.

BlueSquib, cplmac,

 

Thank you both for the complements!

 

The Yellow Formula (which after some more tweaking I may submit) is:

 

NaNO3 62

C 12

S 9

Cryolite 9

Al 8

Coarse MgAl +10

 

I first skipped the Cryolite, but found its addition really 'warms' up the color. I chose to use a non-aqueous binder due to the hygroscopicity of the NaNO3. I first tried 5% RedGum with alcohol and that worked fine, but disintegrated when I tried to roll a water based comp onto the pumped cores. I now use 2-part Resorcinol Resin glue (from my trusty True Value) in the following ratios:

 

Paraformaldehyde, Part A: 1% additional

Resorcinol Resin, Part B: 8% additional

Meth Alcohol 4% additional

 

Part A is the catalyst powder and is screened in with the dry mix. Part B is thinned with alcohol and mixed in to make the mix damp. I love this stuff because a 2" comet pumped with it is cured and ready to shoot the next day.

 

So far I've used bright -350 flake...just because I have a ton and it's $4/lb. Atomized would really make this a little more enjoyable to mix

 

No sodium in the lift...plain old BP there. It is a cheery color, though. I used KP on rice crispies this time around for the 3" and 4" shell break, boosted with either a 70:30 flashbag or granulated Pot Benz whistle catalyzed with 1% Copper OxiChloride and dumped into the center of the burst.

[qwezxc12]

2lb. Whistle with three 1.25" glitter comets on top

 

3lb. whistle on strobe tooling with 2.5" TT xette on top

 

The Tiger Tail xette blew itself  out, it was the last bang in the video I think.

cplmac,

 

What made the glitter tail in the first rocket? Completely awesome.

 

I like the second one tailing down. It looks like a meteorite when it finally breaks....

[cplmac]

The first rocket I hot glued three 1.25" glitter comets to the top of the rocket and ran a piece of quickmatch down to the nozzle, the glitter formula I have been tweaking for a few months now.

 

The second rocket had a 2.5" Tiger Tail crossette on top. The crossette weighed a touch over 200 grams after it dried. I think it was the crossete breaking at the end, I broke it with the chlorate whistle which seems to be a bit to much.

[optimus]

My first attempt at buzz-bombs:

 

http://www.apcforum.net/files/buzzbombs1.mpg

 

These things are fun : p

[cplmac]

Nice work, I like the last one best.

[cplmac]

1lb End Burning Chlorate Whistle to Report, must have been a no fly zone

 

3lb Ti Whistle to Chlorate Whistle Delay to Blue Stars