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Fireworks grow up - 2" shell, then 2.5, then 3, 4... 48!

submitted by Retroboy
9 years 11 months 2 weeks ago

fireworks
, splodeys

Fire

Video does a good job of showcasing various styles of fireworks too in the first four minutes, then gives a few full shows afterward.

The sounds in the first half are particularly great, as the bangs and whistles often get lost amongst each other in bigger New-Year type shows (as you can hear post-4:10). You get a good sense of just how loud even the smaller ones can be when fired individually or during breaks in the display.

P.S. 2:38 cricket in background gives a rather humorous aural contrast

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I had no idea they got that big nowadays. The last show I saw about displays, the largest ones they had were 10-12". And those were scary enough to curb my own pyro instincts. 48" seems like enough to shake an entire city.

Retroboy says...

Pretty much is. Most fireworks of that size are either spherical or cylindrical. Think about how big a package FOUR FEET WIDE filled with pyrotechnic stars and black powder is.

Maths sez a perfect 48" sphere, after you take three inches off the radius to account for the protective shell around it, leaves twenty two cubic feet, almost two-thirds of a cubic metre, in which to pack splodeys.

That could make one sweet helluva bang.

48" seems like enough to shake an entire city.

It makes me want to plan a trip to Montreal next summer to see the international fireworks competition.
http://montreal.about.com/od/montrealevents/a/fireworks_mtl.htm

Moving this video to Retroboy's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

Retroboy says...

Oh wat the heck. *beg

Sending this video to Beggar's Canyon to plea for a little attention - beg requested by original submitter Retroboy.

*promote

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued - promote requested by eric3579.

I'd have to think the rocket to launch a 48" shell has to be huge too...

http://globalblender.com/website/bilder/watercooler/worlds-biggest-firework-shell/world-biggest-firework-shell-size-comparison-closeup.jpg

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