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[MFX]

Here's a few links to displays I've recently worked on :-
http://www.youtube.c...Y...ted&search=




Didn't have time to take any firework photos for this one :-
http://www.flickr.co...57594366419914/

But one of the lighting guys did :-


And I've just heard we've been invited back this November if you happen to be in the area!

Newcastle New Year


Nottingham market square
http://www.flickr.co...57600028953615/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnPCw9a7ABY

All credit and thanks to the audience members that took many of these photo's and videos!

[Richard H]

Very interesting, thanks for posting this.

[Rick]

The photos of Nottingham Market Square are fantastic.
Thanks for sharing.

[Creepin_pyro]

The photos of Nottingham Market Square are fantastic.
Thanks for sharing.

Damnit - I had no idea there would be fireworks!

Oh well, they'll probably re-pave it again in a few years anyway : P

Looks like a great display - good work.

[BrightStar]

MFX, thanks for posting this - it would be great to be asked rig a 16" shell on a wind turbine :-)

Looking at the Nottingham gig I was reminded of a question... How do you safely display in built-up urban environments? I'm familiar with the minimum 70ft per inch of shell firing in an open field, but do the buildings restrict what you can use? Does the vertical elevation affect the safety distance?

I'd imagine comets, mines, cakes would be safe, but a dud shell falling back to ground in a town centre could do some damage to whatever it landed on. I'd be fascinated to know how you guys do this...

Edited by BrightStar, 04 June 2007 - 06:36 PM.

[MFX]

MFX, thanks for posting this - it would be great to be asked rig a 16" shell on a wind turbine :-)

They were paranoid about damage to the turbines which is understandable because it costs around £50000 to hire a sea crane to repair them! So the big stuff was kept well away. In fact the 16" broke early and looked more like a very large mine (it was a willow effect shell).

Looking at the Nottingham gig I was reminded of a question... How do you safely display in built-up urban environments? I'm familiar with the minimum 70ft per inch of shell firing in an open field, but do the buildings restrict what you can use? Does the vertical elevation affect the safety distance?

I'd imagine comets, mines, cakes would be safe, but a dud shell falling back to ground in a town centre could do some damage to whatever it landed on. I'd be fascinated to know how you guys do this...

TBH I don't tend to get involved in that side of things too much (although that's changing), I'm more the techy rigger guy rather than the designer but I know at Nottingham the roof stuff was mainly Candles, Mines and Cakes. Most of the shells were fired from a seperate site.