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[Brakkie]

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It's the one most on the right. I've been thinking together with a fellow pyro to see if we can get our hands on one and do some dissection tests with it. I'd be surprised if they actually contained 28 grams of flash. They're loud but the 30 gram groundsalute I did for New Years Eve felt like it had a lot more kick to it than the Cobra 6 that a friend had did.

[Potassium chlorate]

Here are some kids lighting one on a road in Holland.

[Gigantic Crab!!!]

"Collectors items of tomorrow" -- maybe I should hold on to these a bit longer then


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Similar, slightly different packaging:




Gigantic Crab!!! says: they're toilet. They are almost as loud as eating crisps with one's mouth slightly open.

[GZ22]

If I recall correctly, Bright Star bangers were, in approx. 1990, covered with a yellow label, They were slightly louder than the final blue version.

Regarding the Cobra 6, they do appear to be very powerful indeed. Running some of the many many videos of them on YouTube in slow motion shows the moment of explosion, which totally whites out the screen, as flash would. The spark signature immediately afterwards also seems to support this theory. There is one video of one of them being misused, where it is placed into the freezer compartment of a tall fridge, (minus the large, lower door). The result is the almost complete destruction of the refirgerator.

Here is one video I came across of them being misued (but it is slightly less irresponsible than many of the others I saw)which shows the pressure effect they can have on materials. Please feel free to remove the link if it is not appropriate. I simply chose to highlight it to try and further our discussion regarding the composition.

http://uk.youtube.co...feature=related

[spanner]

Until this thread, I'd never heard of Cobra 6's.

They're damn loud, but have a different tone than KClO4/Dark pyro Al, don't you think?

Kinda lower pitched, like BP but obviously louder than most BP bangers I've heard. I like the tone, though.

[ExplosiveCoek]

They're 48.5 grams of KClO4/Indian Dark Al.. Most of the times .

The Al they use for Cobra's is not as good as 'regular' German Dark.

[Potassium chlorate]

Damned lucky Italians.

They were sold via the Internet to Sweden, but I think the cops made an end to that. Not the Italians, the Cobra 6s.

[Gigantic Crab!!!]

Gigantic Crab!!! ponders; how do the Cobra 6s compare with say a Ricasa No. 5?

[GZ22]

Those Ricasa devices do seem to pack a punch.

[Rip Rap]

Those Ricasa devices do seem to pack a punch.

The Ricasa No. 4 Trueno contains 3 grams of dark al flash - and they are plenty powerful!

I find it hard to believe those cobras contain anywhere near 48 grams.

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I could see it if it were 48.5g using KNO3, maybe.

[Potassium chlorate]

Look at this, you doubters:



Do you really think 48.5 grams of KNO3 based flash could do that to a fridge?

[ExplosiveCoek]

Yes it could. KNO3 flash is much more destructive then the most people think .

But like I said before, they use KClO4/Al Indian.. Not KNO3 flash.

[Mortartube]

I personally think that 48.5 grams of KCLO4 flash would have destroyed part of the wall of the building next to it. 10 grams can do serious damage to a Transit van. Less than 1kg was used to rip a 40 foot cabin cruiser to shreds for an episode of a TV programme by an FX guy I know. I am talking mainly matchstick sized.

[Potassium chlorate]

The fridge is not adjacent to the wall in the film. But I still think it's KClO4 of dubious quality.