Author Topic: Bottle Rocket in Fire Cracker Canon (Read 1780 times)

1Southpaw · « **on:** November 23, 2010, 09:03:46 AM »

DD in conversation this morning mentioned firing a bottle rocket out of my FC cannon .
Good idea ....

Took a bottle rocket and striped the stick and paper off .
Cut off the plastic body to allow proper fuse length and loaded it in FC cannon

Took it out side , Brrrrrrrr, -8 at present and fired it off .
Link to video
http://www.northerntel.net/~etaft/BR%20Fire%202.wmv

Double D · « **Reply #1 on:** November 23, 2010, 09:26:55 AM »

The muzzle blast is horrendous

Zulu · « **Reply #2 on:** November 23, 2010, 09:37:01 AM »

What's all that white stuff?

It's still shorts and flip flops here. The A/C's running now and the lawn needs mowing.

Zulu

Double D · « **Reply #3 on:** November 23, 2010, 09:52:57 AM »

Quote from: Zulu on November 23, 2010, 09:37:01 AM

What's all that white stuff?
It's still shorts and flip flops here. The A/C's running now and the lawn needs mowing.
Zulu

The price you pay for not living in paradise

Ex 49'er · « **Reply #4 on:** November 23, 2010, 10:41:26 AM »

That's a good looking torch you're using to light that fuse with, bet the wind doesn't blow out the flame. Cool video. Thanks for sharing.

subdjoe · « **Reply #5 on:** November 23, 2010, 04:27:27 PM »

Hey! A muzzle loading Gyrojet!

RocklockI · « **Reply #6 on:** November 23, 2010, 06:21:28 PM »

You guys are catching up !

A "launched" whisler bottle rocket will go out like a screaming meemee staght and true ! Awsome

!!!'

Gary

ETA why didnt it explode ....no report..?

Double D · « **Reply #7 on:** November 24, 2010, 09:04:18 AM »

If you watch very carefully you will see the airburst down range. Because the airburst is down range, it is away from the camera microphone and not very loud.

Double D · « **Reply #8 on:** November 24, 2010, 11:08:25 AM »

One frame before the airburst.

Airburst frame

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #9 on:** November 24, 2010, 12:31:36 PM »

If I didn't know better I'd say that was on the Eastern Front.

1Southpaw · « **Reply #10 on:** November 24, 2010, 02:46:12 PM »

If I didn't know better I'd say that was on the Eastern Front.

Actually it is the Northern front on the east slope of the Rockies .

Currently -10 and dropping

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #11 on:** November 24, 2010, 03:37:14 PM »

Quote from: 1Southpaw on November 24, 2010, 02:46:12 PM

>> If I didn't know better I'd say that was on the Eastern Front.

Actually it is the Northern front on the east slope of the Rockies .

Currently -10 and dropping

Not much difference.

Double D · « **Reply #12 on:** November 24, 2010, 03:55:49 PM »

...but it's a dry cold.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #13 on:** November 25, 2010, 01:39:46 AM »

One's perspective is modified over time. (You've been there a while.)

HERE, "bitter cold" is when it gets down to 15 d F above zero.

Zulu · « **Reply #14 on:** November 25, 2010, 01:53:19 AM »

Quote from: Cat Whisperer on November 25, 2010, 01:39:46 AM

One's perspective is modified over time. (You've been there a while.)

HERE, "bitter cold" is when it gets down to 15 d F above zero.

Here where I am, (Houston), bitter cold is when the temperature plummets to 50 degrees in January, and we have to put on our heavy shorts.

Zulu

Double D · « **Reply #15 on:** November 25, 2010, 04:20:18 AM »

I use to live in the Houston area, 'umble just off FM1960. You got that right, when it got to 60 it was cold and at 50 you shivered. Never been cold enough to shiver in Montana. Virginia was almost as bad, it would get down to the 40's before your started shivering.