ewest Posted November 6, 2006 Posted November 6, 2006 Once again, sorry I forgot to take prefire pictures because I got too excited to fire it. This one is a 3" plastic ball shell with 3/8" Veline Blue stars with 4:1 whistle burst, no flash. It weighed in at 123 grams and I used 25 grams of Goex FFG for lift. 3" Veline Blue
styropyro Posted November 6, 2006 Posted November 6, 2006 Nice longer lasting blue stars. But it seems you are using way too much lift. I'm pretty sure the ratio is 1 ounce to a pound when using commercial lift so you could probablty cut down the costs though. But that is one nice shell! You've inspired me to make some more 3 inchers, I haven't done any for a while.
ravaz Posted November 7, 2006 Posted November 7, 2006 Nice shell. How is that too much lift? It seems about right.
psymon Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 (edited) I have tried a few formulas of Blue stars and they tend to burn really slowly not giving off much light. I don't really know what I am doing wrong with them. Can you put the formula and method of your blue stars here? I had a look on the forum and couldnt find it.They are impressive. Just found the formula - maybe I will try these ones out this week. Edited November 10, 2006 by psymon
ewest Posted November 10, 2006 Author Posted November 10, 2006 BTW, I pumped those blue stars with a 3/8" pump and they had two coats of Veline Super Prime on them. By two coats I mean I put them in the star roller, squirted them with alcohol/water, sprinkled some prime on them until they picked it all up, then repeated. That's all that was needed. Oh yeah, the formula calls for 200 mesh Magnalium but I didn't have any, so I used 325 mesh Magnalium instead. I'm not sure that makes much difference but thought I'd mention it anyway. They look a little pastel on the ground, but they're nicer in the air. Not the Bluest Blue I've ever seen, but not too bad. Good luck.
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