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Well it’s the 4th again and everybody is enjoying fireworks. The one most common work utilized is the mortar style color shells. You drop a shell with attached propellant on the bottom down a cardboard tube. There is an extra long fuse protruding from the top of the tube. My idea is to make a rapid
fire handheld launcher. Essentially a huge revolver, it would hold 1 shell in each of its 6 rotating chambers. The tube would be metal, the revolving part metal as well. As for ignition, I suggest a jet flame, constantly burning and moveable when fired. There is a pistol grip parallel to the launch tube and under the combustion chamber. A second grip extends below the middle of the launch tube. Everything is controlled by a trigger mounted with the main pistol grip. A rapid fire, electronically controlled, firework firearm. I can see this is my head, can you?
And there is a mercury switch integrated to prevent shooting at the ground, for safety
Well, it's the fourth again...
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[normzone, Jul 05 2007]
halfbaked (kinda)
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a much bigger version [rasberry re-tart, Jul 06 2007]
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i guess i missed the rocket propelled part of this idea. |
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// I can see this *is* my head // That's where it will be aimed. |
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// Well its the 4th again // |
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//--- evilpenguin521, Jul 05 2007 // |
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Perhaps he posted it from across the international date line? |
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You people care too much about semantics. Does anybody like the idea of being able to safely and rapidly fire shell type fireworks from a handheld launcher? Thats my idea. Did you read it? [theleopard] I typed this WHILE FIREING FIREWORKS during a 4th of july party. Guess it was late. JFC |
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Explain the 'safely' part again, please. |
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Metal tube for the combustion chamber, vs. holding the cardboard tube the firework comes with |
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I'm just not sure about this one. If it would really be safer. It might be funner though... |
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SP: combustion, rapid, FIRING, |
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I'm pretty sure that rocket propelld fire works exist. |
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Perhaps you might change the name to a rocket revolver, as that sounds like the main selling point of this idea. |
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All the same, it sounds a lot like a flare gun, there's probably a reason those are not marketed for celebrating the fourth. Call me a fuddy-duddy, but I can just watch the displays the cities put on, and not worry about causing brush fires. |
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(I'm assuming [jutta]) that just makes more sense. |
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I'm just saying that if the name of the idea is Rocket Propelled XYZ then I would expect to see a rocket propulsion system somewhere in the idea. Your mode of propulsion is clearly a bullet or cartridge type which shares more in common with a mortar than it does with a rocket and so as such I seem to have missed the rocket propelled connection in your idea. |
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Okay, everyone is yelling that this isn't a rocket. It isn't. Sorry about the confusion. The corralation to rocketry is the gun design itself. It would look identical to a actual RPG launcher. The difference being that mine shoots color balls and the other gernades. |
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Nope. Was in a rush. Needed to anno. Now that I have, I can see this is my head. [+] if you can get it to work, because it would be cool. |
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Brilliant - although it wont be available in the UK due to the fire arm laws. It promotes weapons in an attractive manner - which is bad. It would actually be classed as a weapon. Shoulder mounted tube firing exlpoding rockets! This influences my vote sorry Chief its a minus from me. |
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One of the reason molar launcing is safe is b/c it's in a fixed position. it can be aimed so the 'works can explode in a safe area. if you have something that is handheld, there's more chances of the aim being off & shooing into danger.
"Watch out, little Billy" |
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Can we all have gyrojets? |
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Some groups of vandalising teens (or drunken people) would wreck havoc with those their cool but totally unsafe sorry to by a spoil sport but it really is no call to have such a unsafe firework round :-(
Nice thinking but I'm giving you a (-) if you want me to change my vote add a safety feature like a mercury switch to allow it to only fire up to its description and I'll give you a (+)
Thanks, |
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[FDS] Me thinks, firework safety |
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Neat, but why have it be handheld? That sounds dangerous, even with a mercury switch.... I give you a [+] but you'd wanna be careful with that. |
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//SP: combustion, rapid, FIRING,
I'm pretty sure that rocket propelld fire works exist.
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Oh, the ferrousness. |
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