20 replies to this topic

[BrightStar]

Give me free reign on a pile of fireworks and ill show what they can do, not just light fuse stand back wait a bit light next, get scared of a lift and ruin the whole thing.

Do you make any distinction in hand firing the big salutes? I know they're scarce these days, but I'd personally refuse to hand fire a 5" maroon shell for example.

[Night Owl]

Salute shells would normally be placed on site away from other pyro and a longer fuse put on them to enable a safe distance to be reached by the operator, its not really about men thumping their chest's its about putting in all the hard work and then having the pyro lit by remote, its leaves me feeling rather empty after a long day and my hard work is left to a button pusher, If its hand lit I really feel it was "my" show that "I" put on and made people smile and cheer.

[The Legendary Graham]

Yes i still hand fire 5" salutes.
Hand firing the big shells isnt like hand firing the cakes though when i fire a shell i move the pressure wave isnt friendly to my ears. When i fire the cakes i hover around to see how many shots are left to let me know when i need to light my next piece.

[Spyrotechnics]

When i fire the cakes i hover around to see how many shots are left to let me know when i need to light my next piece.

yup, same here - normally with a button handy to fire the next bank of shells though

[The Legendary Graham]

yup, same here - normally with a button handy to fire the next bank of shells though

Nice one but someone else is usually firing the shells, certain ones are fired by me too depending on how the show is being fired but most the time Richard gets to do it.

[rocketpro]

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Edited by rocketpro, 06 August 2010 - 09:59 AM.