3" Star Mine Firework

This mine was pretty sweet in person. You can't see it in the video, but these stars make an aqua colored envelope of transparent flame about 3 inches in diameter around each star, a nice effect that the camera can't pick up. It used a 3 inch tall piston, was 250 grams all up weight, and 20 grams of lift. I was standing around 150 feet away, and this one went around 100 feet high. Zinc stars are HEAVY! lol

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[Rampede]

beautiful starmine salute....i like how you incorporated the salutes into the mine...pretty wicked...

[Swervedriver71]

@Rampede aah, that's a sweet BAE hawk, I love that plane :)

The salutes just sit on the lift charge, with stars in the midle and on top.. This mine used a piston as well to really get them up good and evenly.

[Rampede]

@Swervedriver71 what do you mean by used a piston?

[Swervedriver71]

@Rampede hey, I missed your question. Oh well, better late than never. A piston is like a 3" long, round cylindrical plug of thick cardboard below the stars/inserts/effects/whatever that evenly pushes up from below, a "piston" is exactly what it is. It sits on top of the lift charge and under the stars, etc. It has holes through it to allow some of the lift gases to pass through and ignite the effects sitting on top of the piston. The purpose is to lift everything evenly and a bit higher up

[PoopSwindler]

i have been playing around with zinc stars trying to make the zinc spreader stars but I can never make them so they break apart they just burn through. do you have any ideas?

[Swervedriver71]

@PoopSwindler Hey I know what you mean, it has a lot to do with the zinc comp used, and the amount of binder in it. The "granite stars" don't spread much. Try Degn's zinc spreader #15, it throws little pieces of zinc away from the star. The additional charcoal does need to be 36-40 mesh in size to do it correctly-

Zinc Powder 20

Potassium Nitrate 7

Charcoal Airfloat 2

Sulfur 1.5

Charcoal, 40 mesh 1.5

Dextrin 0.5

[USAtrapper]

man, i wish you would do a construction video..... That was a 6/5

[creptrbot]

0:37 lol at sound

[oskareczekkprb]

spoko szeleczka

[Onizuka333xD]

,,AAAAWWWSOOOMEEEE"

[gaterin1998]

nice :)

[potloodpomp]

Question

Is it safe to tape one of the end of the fuse from the firework throw some BP on te tapek and pute another fuse on te end of the tape?

[pyroguy1030]

this was probably one of the best large salutes i have ever seen great job!

[stigmatic79]

dude that was sick!

[danipyro2]

Cool!

[flatulenceisbliss]

That was really cool, i want to know how to make it