Arthur Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 They seem to just hang there! How are they made? What's in them? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyxg34UBt0E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richtee Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 They seem to just hang there! How are they made? What's in them? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyxg34UBt0EHuh...cool! Almost looks like a couple large hunks of strobe wired together with something more for drag to slow their descent? Nice effect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firetech Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Looks like they are spinning. That could either be on purpose or just the way they left after the break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usatrapper Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Very strange... I will look into this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twotails Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 it looks as if maby there small tubes(thin like lances, but larger ID) filled with strobe, and maby primed at both ends? or clusters of small flash pots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagabu Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 it looks as if maby there small tubes(thin like lances, but larger ID) filled with strobe, and maby primed at both ends? or clusters of small flash pots? At the end, about 4 seconds remaining, you can see one of the parachutes lit up. I agree, strobe pots on parachutes. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimus Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Some sort of sycamore seed helicopter blades involved? Would love to see a post-mortem of these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagabu Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Some sort of sycamore seed helicopter blades involved? I will do a screen grab and tweak the contrast but it looks like a canopy to me. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyco_1322 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 (edited) I'm guessing its 3-4 stobes on a parachute. They must be pretty small, that would be a lot to pack into a 6" ball shell. Its a really nice effect up close, some of the far away videos make it look kinda lame. Edited December 15, 2009 by psyco_1322 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Updup Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Parachute is right, I found this video of the same effect during the day, you can see the chutes. :13 is when the first one goes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagabu Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Parachute is right, I found this video of the same effect during the day, you can see the chutes. :13 is when the first one goes up. WOW! It looks like a lantern, totally round. Amazing! Updup, when are going to make one for us to see? D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Updup Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 WOW! It looks like a lantern, totally round. Amazing! Updup, when are going to make one for us to see? D Heh, at the rate I'm going, never. It did get me thinking though, you could hook some strobe pots on a sky lantern with a 30 second delay fuse. It would be a pretty cool effect, while being easy ( though pricey) to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagabu Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 (edited) Heh, at the rate I'm going, never. It did get me thinking though, you could hook some strobe pots on a sky lantern with a 30 second delay fuse. It would be a pretty cool effect, while being easy ( though pricey) to make. PGI, August 2009, right outside the 1.4 sales area. We all looked like a bunch of penguins (or turkeys) staring at them with our mouths open. I launched a lantern last night with a bundle of flying fish on 3' of thin visco and added an extra wax pad, it was about 1000' when the fish lit. It was very pretty. Strobe pots: *100-200 mesh Edited January 2, 2010 by dagabu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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