Just thought I;d post this here after watching it last night. A good informative documentary about what goes into the making of a large scale display.
I apologize if this has been shared before.
Pyrotechnics Documentary - Howard&Sons Austrailia
Started by dannytsg, Apr 29 2013 10:08 AM
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Posted 29 April 2013 - 10:08 AM
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Posted 29 April 2013 - 07:19 PM
Thanks for that Danny, I enjoyed watching that.
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Posted 30 April 2013 - 08:27 AM
No problem. I thought it was a good demonstration of how a big company still makes fireworks by hand and it demostrates how well their safe working practice is.
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Posted 01 May 2013 - 03:21 AM
i have to say i had a little laugh at this, their testing method for the stars is awesome...end of a plank and throw that bad boy in the air!!
We at UKPS probabbly have better testing methods alone!!, also the hand press with no shield with about 10kg of exposed "GE-RB" mix didnt seem the safest practice...
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Posted 01 May 2013 - 05:46 PM
i have to say i had a little laugh at this, their testing method for the stars is awesome...end of a plank and throw that bad boy in the air!!
We at UKPS probabbly have better testing methods alone!!, also the hand press with no shield with about 10kg of exposed "GE-RB" mix didnt seem the safest practice...
each to their own
That's probably why that fella had fingers missing.
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Posted 01 May 2013 - 11:09 PM
what's wrong with a modified catapult ?
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Posted 06 May 2013 - 04:47 AM
That's probably why that fella had fingers missing.
Mr eagle eyes! i didnt pick up on that, but more than likely why...i didnt think their green colour was that special either, looked messy 
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Posted 08 May 2013 - 04:14 AM
It's impossible to judge colours well by watching it close up and even more so on any kind of video or camera.
Testing using a star gun or better still with stars in a shell is the only way to see the true colour.
A blue star lit on the ground and viewed from 10 feet away may well appear washed out but in the air from 300 feet may be a good blue, this applies to almost all pyrotechnic mixtures and esp charcoal stars that depend on high speed travel through the air to emit a stream of burning charcoal.
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