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
-- evilpenguin, Jul 05 2007

Well, it's the fourth again... Bubbling_20Turn_20Signals
[normzone, Jul 05 2007]

halfbaked (kinda) Intercontinental_20Ballistic_20Fireworks
a much bigger version [discontinuuity, Jul 07 2007]

i guess i missed the rocket propelled part of this idea.
-- jhomrighaus, Jul 05 2007


// I can see this *is* my head // That's where it will be aimed.
-- marklar, Jul 05 2007


// Well its the 4th again //

...

//--- evilpenguin521, Jul 05 2007 //

Heh.
-- theleopard, Jul 05 2007


Perhaps he posted it from across the international date line?
-- RayfordSteele, Jul 05 2007


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

grumpypenguin
-- evilpenguin, Jul 05 2007


Explain the 'safely' part again, please.
-- Texticle, Jul 05 2007


Metal tube for the combustion chamber, vs. holding the cardboard tube the firework comes with
-- evilpenguin, Jul 05 2007


Well *I* liked it.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jul 05 2007


I'm just not sure about this one. If it would really be safer. It might be funner though...
-- BJS, Jul 05 2007


SP: combustion, rapid, FIRING,

I'm pretty sure that rocket propelld fire works exist.

Perhaps you might change the name to a rocket revolver, as that sounds like the main selling point of this idea.

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.
-- ye_river_xiv, Jul 06 2007


You're a fuddy-duddy.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jul 06 2007


(I'm assuming [jutta]) that just makes more sense.
-- evilpenguin, Jul 07 2007


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.
-- jhomrighaus, Jul 07 2007


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.
-- evilpenguin, Jul 07 2007


gerades?????
-- jhomrighaus, Jul 08 2007


// Did you read it? //

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.
-- theleopard, Jul 09 2007


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.
-- S-note, Jul 09 2007


gernades????
-- jhomrighaus, Jul 10 2007


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"
-- the great unknown, Jul 10 2007


Can we all have gyrojets?
-- normzone, Jul 10 2007


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,
-- Flying Doom Squid, Aug 29 2007


[FDS] Me thinks, firework safety

I like oxymoron’s too
-- evilpenguin, Aug 31 2007


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.
-- TahuNuva, Nov 01 2007


//SP: combustion, rapid, FIRING,
I'm pretty sure that rocket propelld fire works exist. //
Oh, the ferrousness.
-- AbsintheWithoutLeave, Nov 01 2007



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