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[TGR]

No expert on MAKING fireworks but how do you get 25 rockets to launch simultaneously from a single ignition if the individual motors are not fuse-linked in some way. (throwing box onto a bonfire IS NOT an option)

[Mortartube]

Rocket pods weren't really around when the BS was written. Standard tampered with the idea but I don't think they released them commercially.

The BS is lacking in some places and it was responsible for no cat 2 pinwheels in selection boxes for a long time as they ejected sparks too far, albeit sideways.

TBH almost all of the legislation we have had in the last 20 years has increased costs and not materially increased safety IMHO.

The best idea would be to scrap the lot and start again as far as I am concerened, there are too many errors and inconsistencies.

The explosives act 1875 was a brilliant piece of legislation and only needed amending properly to bring it up to date.

[TGR]

Rocket pods weren't really around when the BS was written. Standard tampered with the idea but I don't think they released them commercially.

The BS is lacking in some places and it was responsible for no cat 2 pinwheels in selection boxes for a long time as they ejected sparks too far, albeit sideways.

TBH almost all of the legislation we have had in the last 20 years has increased costs and not materially increased safety IMHO.

The best idea would be to scrap the lot and start again as far as I am concerened, there are too many errors and inconsistencies.

The explosives act 1875 was a brilliant piece of legislation and only needed amending properly to bring it up to date.

Agree totally


In the same way our speed limits were set back in the 60s (70s ?) by a transport minister that didn't drive

[Spyrotechnics]

pretty certain they rely on the "exhaust" from the first rocket to light the primed fuses on the rest of the rockets

[Mortartube]

They probably just have raw match fuses in the rockets. That's what's on flight rockets and you can lauch a truckload from a cone in one hit. You only have to light one and the rest light from the exhaust as previously mentioned.

Edited by Mortartube, 28 May 2009 - 11:58 AM.

[David]

Here is one with a video of it in action:

Rocket Pod

Hard to say, but from the audiences perspective it could appear to be more like a rapid firing cake.

[Mortartube]

I would suggest that they are fused with a slowish raw match into the rockets

[David]

There is one at £11.99 RRP from Fireworks International, and Paramount did a bigger one, I think Pro Rocket Volley, but I can't find it on their website now.

Epic Volley

Does look very spectacular, if brief!

[David]

I saw the 7 shot Fireworks International one in action, that was pretty good fun, for a comparatively cheap firework. Worked quite well in twighlight, as we could see the sticks heading upwards, too.

The rocket burst themselves were very tame.