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#1 HerbertMunch

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Posted 08 June 2007 - 02:33 AM

some bloke on this page
talks about making Mexican Triangle bangers.

" I have made many BP crackers which work well but these were all of the
mexican triangle kind. The geometry of these devices allows for a satisfying
bang, even with fairly poor grade BP."

Does anyone know how these are made?

thanks

#2 Caramanos2000

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Posted 08 June 2007 - 04:51 AM

They use flash not Bp. We call them Doritos here. They are a simple piece pf cardboard like the kind found at wallgreens which is cut into a diamond shape. This is then folded in half so the 2 tips of the diamond are touching, this creates the triangle shape. They are secured with glue and fused at the tip. No additional encasement other than the thin cardboard, and yes they are satisfying.

#3 HerbertMunch

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Posted 08 June 2007 - 07:37 AM

nice one, cheers mate.

#4 Asteroid

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Posted 08 June 2007 - 11:20 AM

I think they are also sometimes called polumnas, which have a semi-complicted concertina like fold

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Posted 08 June 2007 - 12:07 PM

Polumnas are folded with one long strip of paper instead of two pieces of cardboard as Caramanos describes. Polumnas can also use other compositions than flash powder.
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#6 Asteroid

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Posted 08 June 2007 - 01:03 PM

They're triangles, and can operate well with bp, as opposed to needing flash aren't they? I might be wrong though

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Posted 08 June 2007 - 01:51 PM

Polumna http://www.geocities...g7/salutes.html

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Posted 08 June 2007 - 05:59 PM

The actual correct term is Paloma, which is spanish for dove. The polumna spelling came about from some "kewl bomz" type document that was spread around the internet during the early 90's.

#9 HerbertMunch

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Posted 09 June 2007 - 09:40 PM

Polumna http://www.geocities...g7/salutes.html


Many thanks.

#10 dr thrust

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 07:15 PM

anybody made some yet?

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 09:29 PM

I made them and they worked quite well! I used a nitrate based "flash" powder, not bp thougt.

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 09:36 PM

I have tried a few in the past, ones with BP and H3 work well, not tried flash in one yet though. Around 0.1g of balsa H3 is extremely loud.
You can never have a long enough fuse...

#13 pudi.dk

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Posted 02 July 2007 - 09:39 PM

I've tried it once with granulated BP. This is the only cracker I've made that I can recall :P

Edited by pudi.dk, 02 July 2007 - 09:39 PM.

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Posted 03 July 2007 - 10:05 AM

Making one now, using flash and im going to dip it into PVA glue :)

Could only get a small amount of flash inside (0.4g) and a bit fell out the corner.....

Edited by marble, 03 July 2007 - 10:30 AM.


#15 RangerOfFire

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Posted 03 July 2007 - 11:07 AM

Making one now, using flash and im going to dip it into PVA glue :)

Could only get a small amount of flash inside (0.4g) and a bit fell out the corner.....

Any pictures or a video of it in use?
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