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_20Fireworksa 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 //
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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 random, halfbakery