ewest Posted November 1, 2006 Posted November 1, 2006 I can't take credit for this; I found it in a Skylighter newsletter. Basically it's just like the title says, How to light roughly 2 gross of small commercial bottle rockets at once. First, you'll need a gallon metal paint can. I bought mine at Home Depot for about $4. Next you'll need some Black Powder, I used Goex FFFFG that I had, but any type will probably work. You need a small piece of fuse and of course a couple gross of bottle rockets.http://img416.imageshack.us/img416/428/2gross01jl7.th.jpg With a nail, punch a hole in the bottom of the can just larger enough to put the fuse into. Make sure the hole is low enough that it’ll touch a thin layer of BP on the bottom of the can. Next, simply do just that, sprinkle a thin layer of BP in the bottom of the paint can.http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/5946/2gross02ez0.th.jpg The bottle rockets will be too tall to sit in the can correctly so you’ll need to trim the end of the sticks off. I found some tin snips work fairly well for this. What you’re looking for is the rocket to sit in the can with the rim somewhere about the middle of the rocket body. In this way you can jam the can totally full and it’ll be a nice snug fit.http://img325.imageshack.us/img325/3858/2gross03li6.th.jpg Fill the can as full as you can with bottle rockets but not extremely tight, after all, we do want them to come out right?http://img416.imageshack.us/img416/5978/2gross04su8.th.jpg And that’s it. Take it out in the street and light the fuse. I’ve done this a couple times already and one disappointment is, this will not launch the rockets into the air all at once. Rather, it blows them all out like a giant star mine and it’ll make a huge half globe with rockets popping everywhere. I literally had them in neighbor’s yards for several houses over. And here’s a video. Enjoy.2 Gross of Bottle Rockets
saluterocket Posted November 1, 2006 Posted November 1, 2006 thats not a waste of bottle rockets at all, i have a few thousand of them, and all they do is go up and pop, at least this way, its interesting. nice tutorial
Chemguy Posted November 2, 2006 Posted November 2, 2006 Nice tutorial, well explained. It looked cool I think. I agree, that pop rockets are boring on there own and they are cheap, so good idea.
_DB_ Posted November 2, 2006 Posted November 2, 2006 I did this once with a gross of rockets. It was pretty interesting.... I didn't stand far enough away when filming and almost got pelted by many rockets.
aquaman Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 There's a guy on youtube that did something like this but used a fence door as the launch pad. I'll see if iI can find the video. It's called the redneck rocket launcher, and you'll know why when you watch it. It's only 8,500 or them ;0. Edit: Enjoy
ewest Posted November 3, 2006 Author Posted November 3, 2006 Now THAT's pretty cool. I might have to try that next time I do a show. I live in Texas and those bottle rockets are illegal here and I have to go all the way to Mississippi to get them. I have family there so that's usually where I shoot most of my stuff anyway and it's not a big deal driving all that way. We usually buy them by the case for about $35 and there's 25 gross per case so each case is 3600 bottle rockets. Thanks for the link aquaman.
aquaman Posted November 5, 2006 Posted November 5, 2006 No problem. Saw it a while ago and when I saw this tutorial it reminded me of it.
tentacles Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 I liked when they used firecracker fuse on those little rockets, you could just drop a whole bunch in a container and light one, the rest would get set off by the sparks. This is an awesome alternative!
ilmoam Posted November 30, 2010 Posted November 30, 2010 I tried something like this on a larger scale last 4th of July. I made tables using pegboard as the table tops. I put 2 or 3 rockets in each hole, making sure the fuse stayed above the table. You light one rocket and get back. The sparks from the first rocket bounce across the top of the tables igniting the other rockets. I sent up over 6,000 Moon Travelers in less than 45 seconds! I posted the video below: 6000 in 45
Guest no6 Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) Have you seen this video? It cracks me up every time. Edited January 29, 2011 by no6
SB15 Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 Although the original post is 4 years old, this idea has been around for at least 10. Krimzon Pyro - Can o' Rockets
madmandotcom Posted April 18, 2011 Posted April 18, 2011 i tried it and blew a hole in the side of the can, what am i most likely doing wrong?
Mumbles Posted April 18, 2011 Posted April 18, 2011 Did you follow the directions exactly or make modifications?
madmandotcom Posted April 18, 2011 Posted April 18, 2011 the only mod i made was only putting two BRs into a rice pudding can, there was no pressure in the can but it decided to take its side off
dagabu Posted April 18, 2011 Posted April 18, 2011 Do you have a picture of the can? I cannot conceive of a metal can bursting from a small charge of BP on the bottom.
PyroPowerZ Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 If you search on youtube for: "babypijl rek" (dutch for: Bottle Rocket Rack), you will find hundreds of dutch video's of huge bottle rocket projects.We pay about 1 euro (+- $1,35) for 144 bottle rockets, so they are very cheap here.There are videos from projects with 35,000, 40,000 and I once saw a video with 80,000 bottle rockets!
guntoteninfadel Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 They are cheap here (US) too. I love filling 4" mortars with them. A whole lot safer than the "rocket wars" we had as a child!
dagabu Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 A whole lot safer than the "rocket wars" we had as a child! That would be my one dangerous thing I still do at my old age, bottle rocket wars! God help me, I love doing that still! -dag
OneEyeCharlie Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 God help me, I love doing that still! Confession time... I do as well. At least now I'm smart enough to wear safety goggles. Be a whole lot crazier if I could find a safety monocle. 1
guntoteninfadel Posted October 1, 2011 Posted October 1, 2011 Confession time... I do as well. At least now I'm smart enough to wear safety goggles. Be a whole lot crazier if I could find a safety monocle. at least we know what happened to the other eye
californiapyro Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 here's me doing the same thing in a 5 gallon bucket... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akOQ2oL6XmU i took the lift from a half dozen shells as last-minute bp, so I threw the shells in the bucket as well
californiapyro Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 oh yeah, and these were silver fox bottle rockets by black cat. it was $2.50/gross
FrankRizzo Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 oh yeah, and these were silver fox bottle rockets by black cat. it was $2.50/gross Where'd the random shell explosion come from?
Mumbles Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 It's mentioned right below the video. You'd think we would have developed a way to do these in a more controlled manner by now. Then again, that also takes 3/4 of the fun out of them. I like to think it's a miniature version of what those two churches in Greece are like.
FrankRizzo Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 Sorry, yep, right there under the video. Derp. Kinda reminds me of the rocket line chaos at PGI.
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