My first homemade ENORMOUS whistle ground Salute!

[RunBang]

I hope you'll like that!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4kobn8DedM

ENJOY PYRO!

[PyroJoeNEPA]

Rather close to the windows in that building,wasn't it?

[RunBang]

Rather close to the windows in that building,wasn't it?

no... about 8-10m. this is fp, not explosive plastic ;-)

[boomboomtime]

What windows, there not there know.

[PyroJoeNEPA]

I know it was flash--but from the size of that tube it looked like you could have had half a kilo of flash in there...and no windows left if you did! LOL!! Was the flash charge in a separate chamber from the whistle mix? If so, the compression would be higher with the flash than if it the whistle mix was just laying on top of it. Either way, it made a nice boom!

[RunBang]

the flash charge (about 100gr, it's in the description of the video) was in the same chamber ;-)
I'm glad you like it :-D
Thank you for compliment

[displayfireworks1]

I never saw a whistle burn so brightly, almost like a fountain. The salute at the end had an air bust effect. Very nice. Was the whistle mix Sodium Benzoate? If the salute was in the bottom of the tube it is strange it appeared to burst upward.

[RunBang]

Thank you! It was Sodium benzoate yes, with 20% of a mix of 225-450 and 450-1000µm Titanium sponge. What do you mean by "it appeared to burst upward"?

[smilli]

Pretty extreme haha, im sure everyone in the neighberhood felt it.
Was this is France BTW?

[RunBang]

it was in Holland, with friends ;-)

[Pyrocity]

I hope you are pressing the whistle comp and not hand ramming it. Hammering on whistle comp is asking for an explosion, with titanium metal in the mix, you're not just asking for trouble, you're demanding you get it!
Thank you! It was Sodium benzoate yes, with 20% of a mix of 225-450 and 450-1000µm Titanium sponge. What do you mean by "it appeared to burst upward"?