53 inch shell

A place where you can have some friendly discussion and leave some feedback about your experience!

Moderators: richardh08, Boophoenix, Lloyd

Post Reply
Locky Smith
Posts: 143
Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2016 1:43 pm

53 inch shell

Post by Locky Smith »

Being made by St Catherine's and fired in Valletta on 7th June this year. Fancy it Richard?
User avatar
richardh08
Site Admin
Posts: 2226
Joined: Wed Aug 07, 2013 1:54 pm
Location: Bedfordshire

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by richardh08 »

I'll admit it's very tempting! I'll check my diary.
Even when I'm wrong, I'm convincing.
User avatar
Boophoenix
Posts: 968
Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:49 pm

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Boophoenix »

We’ll need pics and vids of that I do believe!
User avatar
Pyro-Gear
Site Admin
Posts: 3034
Joined: Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:24 am

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Pyro-Gear »

Fired in Valletta !!! if that’s the case then it has to be fired off a barge and I have seen many a sunk barge LOL.
Locky Smith
Posts: 143
Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2016 1:43 pm

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Locky Smith »

FB_IMG_1524686941313.jpg
Not from a barge!, got to love the Maltese
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Locky Smith
Posts: 143
Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2016 1:43 pm

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Locky Smith »

Adjusted
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
User avatar
richardh08
Site Admin
Posts: 2226
Joined: Wed Aug 07, 2013 1:54 pm
Location: Bedfordshire

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by richardh08 »

Flights booked :D
Even when I'm wrong, I'm convincing.
Locky Smith
Posts: 143
Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2016 1:43 pm

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Locky Smith »

See you at breakfast
User avatar
Boophoenix
Posts: 968
Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:49 pm

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Boophoenix »

Y’all have fun.

Richard, consider it a vacation from crackle, :lol:
User avatar
richardh08
Site Admin
Posts: 2226
Joined: Wed Aug 07, 2013 1:54 pm
Location: Bedfordshire

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by richardh08 »

Maybe it will have crackle in it...
Even when I'm wrong, I'm convincing.
Locky Smith
Posts: 143
Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2016 1:43 pm

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Locky Smith »

The organisers at Valletta 18, who sponsored the 53" shell that St Catherine's firework factory built, apparently didn't ask the Malta authorities permission. 38hrs before lift off it gets cancelled for safety reasons.
User avatar
richardh08
Site Admin
Posts: 2226
Joined: Wed Aug 07, 2013 1:54 pm
Location: Bedfordshire

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by richardh08 »

Unbelievable!

Or, having had some previous experience of Malta and the Maltese, maybe not!
Even when I'm wrong, I'm convincing.
User avatar
Lloyd
Posts: 1902
Joined: Sun Aug 09, 2015 1:43 am

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Lloyd »

WHAT a bust! I hope you enjoy your trip, anyway. Maybe you'll at least get to see the shell, face-to-face, as it were.

Lloyd
"Pyro for Fun and Profit for More Than Sixty Years"
Locky Smith
Posts: 143
Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2016 1:43 pm

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Locky Smith »

And now my flight is delayed.
User avatar
Boophoenix
Posts: 968
Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:49 pm

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Boophoenix »

Locky, let’s hope they didn’t wanna start with out ya and just delayed the firing. :D
User avatar
Pyro-Gear
Site Admin
Posts: 3034
Joined: Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:24 am

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Pyro-Gear »

Well at least the main display is going ahead with shells up to 15 inch, as I said in a previous post firing a 53 in Valletta is slightly crazy as the mortar would have to be supported above the ground.
Sorry about your flight delay Ben rumor has it a TR3B was seen flying over London
Locky Smith
Posts: 143
Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2016 1:43 pm

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Locky Smith »

20180607_123909.jpg
After seeing the site Ken, it wasn't that bad. The walls for the fort are 5m? Thick and 6m? High. That would of contained a cato, angled out to sea?
We did get 2 x 19" 1 x 16" plus 12's, 10's.........
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
User avatar
Lloyd
Posts: 1902
Joined: Sun Aug 09, 2015 1:43 am

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Lloyd »

I understand - from early reports - that the show was wonderful, even if the 53" shell wasn't fired!

I hope you enjoyed it, Richard!

Lloyd
"Pyro for Fun and Profit for More Than Sixty Years"
User avatar
Pyro-Gear
Site Admin
Posts: 3034
Joined: Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:24 am

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Pyro-Gear »

Sure we will find a home for it
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
User avatar
richardh08
Site Admin
Posts: 2226
Joined: Wed Aug 07, 2013 1:54 pm
Location: Bedfordshire

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by richardh08 »

Here's video of the 3-minute display that contains all the larger shells (except the 53-inch!). Sorry about the wind noise - not much I could do about that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADsxuU-DzGY
Even when I'm wrong, I'm convincing.
User avatar
Boophoenix
Posts: 968
Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:49 pm

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Boophoenix »

Some nice shells in there. Thanks for sharing. Is it common to use fast burning stars? It seemed to me that some of the stars were burning up a little fast for the size shells they were in? Not that I have any complants just curious if there may be a reason for that?
User avatar
Lloyd
Posts: 1902
Joined: Sun Aug 09, 2015 1:43 am

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Lloyd »

Bradley,
I didn't feel that, myself. The Maltese shells have a tendency to use fairly fast-burning stars, both for the reason that they're most-often chlorate-based, and because the Maltese are very 'shape' oriented. Longer burn times would result in those precise patterns beginning to sag at their peripheries.

Some of them might have appeared fast because of their delayed effects. Some of those peony patterns only appeared in the last 10% or so of the stars' flights, so they couldn't last very long after that, or the shape would've been lost.

Lloyd
"Pyro for Fun and Profit for More Than Sixty Years"
Locky Smith
Posts: 143
Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2016 1:43 pm

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Locky Smith »

20180614_163639.jpg
Check out the t shirt
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
User avatar
Pyro-Gear
Site Admin
Posts: 3034
Joined: Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:24 am

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Pyro-Gear »

Nice one!! I am out to Malta very soon I have a ton of stuff to do IE: new website for Pyro being one.
If you want to view the picture vertical click on it no cheap seats here.
User avatar
Boophoenix
Posts: 968
Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:49 pm

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Boophoenix »

Thank ya, Lloyd. That makes perfect since.

Man, Locky I wish I knew ya better along with the since of humor on that side of the pond :roll: :lol:
I’ll have to behave instead.
Locky Smith
Posts: 143
Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2016 1:43 pm

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Locky Smith »

20180617_102126.jpg
While visiting St George's factory on Sunday
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
User avatar
Pyro-Gear
Site Admin
Posts: 3034
Joined: Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:24 am

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Pyro-Gear »

Word is spreading throughout Żurrieq and among fireworks enthusiasts that the largest ball of fireworks ever manufactured in Malta is set to be ignited a month from today in Wied iż-Żurrieq.

Originally this should have been used as part of the Valletta Pageant of the Seas, but its ignition was cancelled because of security and safety problems.

The word is that it will be ignited at sea over Wied iż-Żurrieq to mark the occasion of the inauguration of the monument to St Catherine which is at the entrance to Żurrieq.

TVM contacted Manwel Gauci who manufactured the ball but he said that at this stage he cannot confirm a date.

This news could also not be confirmed by the Secretary of the Għaqda Mużikali ta’ Santa Katerina, Kevin Schembri, or other sources close to V18 organisers.
Locky Smith
Posts: 143
Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2016 1:43 pm

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Locky Smith »

There is a rumour, I'm not allowed to say more. But apparently the event organisers are in final talks with the company supplying the barge. I couldn't believe how much a barge is to rent
Locky Smith
Posts: 143
Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2016 1:43 pm

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Locky Smith »

Ok, date set. Police happy with safety...... but..... the environmental people are worried about the little fishes. Looks like they are going to have the final say.
User avatar
Pyro-Gear
Site Admin
Posts: 3034
Joined: Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:24 am

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Pyro-Gear »

Today's update....
Mr Fireone in Malta has been booked to shoot it.
Looks like (today) it will go ahead
User avatar
richardh08
Site Admin
Posts: 2226
Joined: Wed Aug 07, 2013 1:54 pm
Location: Bedfordshire

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by richardh08 »

Enfin (at end)! ... maybe ...
Even when I'm wrong, I'm convincing.
User avatar
Pyro-Gear
Site Admin
Posts: 3034
Joined: Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:24 am

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Pyro-Gear »

I do have a slight sinking feeling.
User avatar
Pyro-Gear
Site Admin
Posts: 3034
Joined: Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:24 am

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Pyro-Gear »

Bad news it exploded in the mortar, barge, and tug survived no injury’s AFAIK
User avatar
Lloyd
Posts: 1902
Joined: Sun Aug 09, 2015 1:43 am

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by Lloyd »

That's too bad, but that's the risk, when you build one that big...

Lloyd
"Pyro for Fun and Profit for More Than Sixty Years"
User avatar
richardh08
Site Admin
Posts: 2226
Joined: Wed Aug 07, 2013 1:54 pm
Location: Bedfordshire

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by richardh08 »

What a shame. All those involved must be deeply disappointed, and I feel for them.
Even when I'm wrong, I'm convincing.
sambo
Posts: 957
Joined: Sat May 16, 2015 6:04 pm

Re: 53 inch shell

Post by sambo »

I'm really gutted, I'm sure Ben is too and I feel for the guy that built it - glad everyone is ok.
Post Reply