Richtee Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Soo, why not roll inserts with alum foil to catch the sunlight? Any history of using reflective properties in this regard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richtee Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 Hmm maybe even those bright metallic mylar wrapping papers. Altho..I guess that’s not too environmentally friendly. Prolly really piss off a groundskeeping crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredjr Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 You could try glitter confetti. Probably work but make a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richtee Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) There’s the colored chalk/dye stuff too. And of course the lampere. Maybe small colored smoke inserts... hmm... I for one think a daylight show would be cool. And challenging. Edited August 13, 2022 by Richtee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 The traditional Poka shell offers many opportunities for daylight shells. With suitable design you can have flags, parachutes, "hot air balloons" etc inside quite moderate sized hemis. I've certainly seen some shells containing a pagoda shaped hot air balloon. Effective in daytime but useless at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richtee Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 The traditional Poka shell offers many opportunities for daylight shells. With suitable design you can have flags, parachutes, "hot air balloons" etc inside quite moderate sized hemis. I've certainly seen some shells containing a pagoda shaped hot air balloon. Effective in daytime but useless at night.Never heard of them. Guess I’ll look that up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Mentioned in Shimizu. Similar to the parachutes and drogues deployed by model rocketry people. A horsetail shell is one example of a night poka. the stars just limp out of a case in the sky. Likely a poka has very little pasting, weighs little and needs a lot of lift.They are best fired in the year of manufacture or the paper novelties tend to have difficulty opening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uarbor Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) I saw a rather impressive daylight show at pyro Fest a few years back. It was mostly colored smoke and the theme was red white and blue. I guess it's hard to say if it was really chalk dust or not. Some of the smoke streamers were definitely not chalk. I definitely would like to try this. Edited August 14, 2022 by Uarbor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumbles Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Outside of the cleanup and environmental impacts, I believe the FAA gets pretty worked up about spreading reflective items throughout the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richtee Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 (edited) Outside of the cleanup and environmental impacts, I believe the FAA gets pretty worked up about spreading reflective items throughout the air. Huh. Had not pondered that. But I mean below 1K foot? I guess you’d not wanna do that in a major airport area. Edited August 15, 2022 by Richtee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richtee Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 Outside of the cleanup and environmental impacts, I believe the FAA gets pretty worked up about spreading reflective items throughout the air. OTOH chaff might be useful one day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingkama Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Yellow smoke report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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