mguerra Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Some may remember our discussion before, New Hobby Total Immersion and Obsession Disorder. Crap I got a new one. I am now a licensed Texas Pyrotechnic Display Operator. Here are two links to my last fireworks show, one video has the finale, one does not. The girl shooting the first video thought it was over and turned off the camera right as the finale was about to start. The second video was shot on a cell phone, but includes the finale, starting at 9:35 mark. I shot this show at a local golf course driving range, the pro there is a buddy of mine and lets me put on shows there. This was my first show to combine consumer with professional product. All the professional product is in the finale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loquitur Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Quite a show, Doc - looks like fun!! Glad to have you back!!! Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoFrogs91 Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 Quite a show. Looks professional. Licensed to play with fire. Priceless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisLinkletter Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Are you using single use tubes or reusable that you can reload with cartridges? I had a friend who's father was a pyrotechnic madman.. all the way do packing his own tubes.. Glad to have you back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mguerra Posted October 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 I shoot both consumer and professional products. What you are referring to are aerial shells. Aerial shells are shot out of mortar tubes. Consumer firework mortar shells are limited to 1.75 inches in diameter. There are two types of consumer mortar products. A single shot tube that consists of a cheap cardboard tube attached to a square flange base with one shell preloaded in it and a fuse sticking out the bottom. You light the fuse, the shell launches into the air and explodes, and then the tube is trash and you throw it away. The other type of product is an aerial shell kit. It consists of one or several reusable mortar tubes and anywhere between 6 to 24 shells. The mortar tubes are made out of cardboard, fiberglass, or high density polyethylene. You drop a shell into the tube, and it has a long fuse which comes out the top of the tube. You light the fuse, the shell launches into the air and explodes, and then you can load another shell and do it again. There is no limit to the size on the professional mortars and shells. People have made enormous shells as big as 48 inches in diameter.These shells and mortars work in the same way, you drop a shell into the mortar tube, a fuse comes out the top, and that fuse is either hand lit with an ignition source or electrically fired remotely. There are many other types of fireworks products aside from mortar shells. Most mortar shells are spherical balls, however they can also be cylindrical in shape or multiple balls fused together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mguerra Posted October 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Some consumer shells. The fuse is the green thing wrapped around the shell, you unwrap it, lower the shell in the tube by the fuse. The cylindrical portion on the bottom with the white paper and red letters is the lift charge. It is full of black powder and when it explodes it propels the spherical shell up in the air. Sticking out of the bottom of the shell, into the black powder, is a small piece of time fuse which ignites when the lift charge explodes. As the shell is ascending, the time fuse is burning and when the shell reaches its peak altitude the time fuse gets into the shell and ignites the burst charge. Professional shells work the same way, they are just a hell of a lot bigger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Sorry, but couldn't help but notice the warning label - "Shoots flaming balls!" Jerry Lee Lewis would be pleased! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mguerra Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Goodness gracious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mguerra Posted October 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 I shot my hometown Fourth of July fireworks show this year here in Kerrville. I was so busy setting it up and working on it that I was not able to videotape it myself. However someone in town got a video of the finale, not the entire show and put it up on Facebook. Here it is:https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1114026595281363&id=100000220996605&refsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Famy.ely.58%2Fvideos%2F1114026595281363%2F&_rdr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poochie Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Some those in the video done by cellphone look like some I've seen during Illuminations. Very impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mguerra Posted January 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 I shot a gender reveal firework show about a week ago for some friends of ours who are having a baby . It was about a 30 minute show but I only put up about the last four minutes of it on YouTube. If I can get some good editing done on the first part of the show I will put that up also. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydo4HMplGJA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mguerra Posted January 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Full show: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xAskWNtr-l0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjs Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 I am impressed, way cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKenzie Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Wow, what a wonderful show and the ending was spectacular. . Thanks for posting the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
