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Post by pitciblackscotland on Jul 28, 2015 1:30:58 GMT -5
Hi Anders, Yeah you guys are lucky in Sweden. FOR EXAMPLE We can not buy fire works any more IN VIC they are illegal now, was looking at a youtube vid ON FIRE WORKS in the US and THEY have warehouses were you can buy as much fire works as you want WTF!!!!
Cheers, Mark.
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Post by Johansson on Jul 28, 2015 1:53:10 GMT -5
Firecrackers are forbidden here in Sweden as well, only rockets are sold. Apparently dogs and horses are much more sensitive to noice nowadays... Luckily we can buy stuff like 100g flash powder bombs from Poland in unmarked packages, EU is not all bad. I wouldn´t want to sit in the post delivery car if one of those boxes blow up though.
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Post by pitciblackscotland on Jul 28, 2015 2:18:49 GMT -5
ROCKETS WOULD BE FUN TO GET AND 100g flash powder bombs SOUNDS GOOD TO CAN YOU GET Calcium carbide ? SO YOU COULD MAKE SOME barrel ROCKETS? LIKE THESE GUYS DID youtu.be/Bczn_1S8SYocHEERS, mARK
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Post by Johansson on Jul 28, 2015 3:38:18 GMT -5
Calcium carbide is probably difficult to get nowadays, when I was a kid some guy stole a chunk of it from the chemistry lab at school, rolled it in a ball of toilet paper and flushed it down the toilet. His parents was probably not happy when the janitor found out who did it and the school charged him for the repairs on the waste pipe system...
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Post by gidge348 on Jul 28, 2015 4:59:40 GMT -5
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Post by gidge348 on Jul 28, 2015 5:04:23 GMT -5
ROCKETS WOULD BE FUN TO GET AND 100g flash powder bombs SOUNDS GOOD TO CAN YOU GET Calcium carbide ? SO YOU COULD MAKE SOME barrel ROCKETS? LIKE THESE GUYS DID youtu.be/Bczn_1S8SYocHEERS, mARK You don't need Calcium Carbide, just an Oxy Acetylene set. Calcium Carbide and water just make Acetylene add some oxygen and you have a very energetic reaction. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYBjARMaStM
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Post by pitciblackscotland on Jul 28, 2015 7:25:17 GMT -5
Yeah youe right Ian our law sucks. LOL maybe if that chap had a permanent he would get off with a fine??? But can we get such a permanent here in OZ ??
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Post by pitciblackscotland on Jul 28, 2015 7:29:20 GMT -5
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Post by enginewhisperer on Jul 28, 2015 17:42:31 GMT -5
typical big event "safety" stupidity!
It seems so many people are worried about getting sued if anything can possibly go wrong that they won't let anyone do anything interesting...
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Post by smithy1 on Jul 28, 2015 21:13:06 GMT -5
typical big event "safety" stupidity! It seems so many people are worried about getting sued if anything can possibly go wrong that they won't let anyone do anything interesting... You got it in one mate...
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Post by gidge348 on Jul 28, 2015 21:41:21 GMT -5
................ Yeah youe right Ian our law sucks. LOL maybe if that chap had a permanent he would get off with a fine??? But can we get such a permanent here in OZ ??..................... A few years ago I joined a rocket club & bought a large rocket from a hobby store. In order to buy the motors I needed a permit, so I went to the mines department, filled out a form gave them $10 and off I went with a 12 month permit to buy up to 10kg of "explosives and detonators".... . The only limitation I could see on the permit was that I was not allowed to carry more than 2 kg's on public transport or more than 50kg in the boot of my car No checks, nothing... admittedly this was in 1999 so since the events of 2001 things have probably got stricter Ian
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Post by rythmnbls on Jul 28, 2015 21:48:34 GMT -5
Yep, safety consciousness has morphed into safety obsession and usually by the same crowd who just have to be politically correct. "Hi Vis idiots" is a perfect description of them.
Steve.
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Post by smithy1 on Aug 23, 2015 23:29:32 GMT -5
andy M, Rather than bore everyone with my questions, I've sent you a PM to just ask a few A/B related questions about your Go-Kart....need to get mine sorted properly, it works but is a little inconsistent and will only light off with low A/B fuel flows....Time to ask an expert for a little help..! Cheers, Smithy
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Post by racket on Sept 11, 2015 1:27:56 GMT -5
Hi Smithy
Are you doing the motor show in Port this weekend ??
Cheers John
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Post by smithy1 on Sept 11, 2015 3:27:09 GMT -5
Hi Smithy Are you doing the motor show in Port this weekend ?? Cheers John Unfortunately not John...work has me doing some fuel control/power turbine governor equipment for the Ch 7 "Twin Squirrel" machine atm, all going well I should have them finished late this evening....it runs a pair of the Rolls-Royce C20F engines, they're similar to the C20B but in "twin config", real nice bird too....they need the chopper up and flying for Sunday...guess who pulled the short straw..! If I play my cards right I might be able to shoot down to Moss Vale tomorrow for a small car show down there. Cheers, Smithy.
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