In the states, you can buy shells and mortar racks off the shelf without a license, yet in the UK you need a license to buy them and there is a limited range. What are your views on this? Do you think they should be legalised or stay as they are?
Im actually based in the UK!!! Also, im under the impression that you can only use cat 4 stuff for proffessional use, so that is effectively a licsenseberry1 said:You can buy Shells but you cant buy Rockets or cakes to the size that we can over here. You don't need a license to possess Shells or pro material you simply have to be a professional company. I do feel this has good and bad points, i think they should create a license so experienced enthusiasts can have access to Shells and other cat-4 gear but not be posses-sable by the general public like for example rockets are.
The good part of shells though is that you can customize your show to a higher leveldoctor frankenstein said:I mentioned this to a retailer other day. he pointed to a large cake and said in effect they are the same. i suppose over here we have larger cakes compared to the us and we dont really need mortars.
Im actually based in the UK!!! Also, im under the impression that you can only use cat 4 stuff for proffessional use, so that is effectively a licsense
Thats a fair pointberry1 said:That is correct you have to be a professional displaying company to have cat-4 gear. But there is no license that gives the right to buy/own/fire cat-4 material. Pro crew members working for Displaying companies can fire cat-4 through company displays but they don't have a license to buy or possess them for personal use.
Im actually based in the UK!!! Also, im under the impression that you can only use cat 4 stuff for proffessional use, so that is effectively a licsense
But if people were aware of how to fire them safely and mortar tubes were provided these sorts of things would be unlikely. You will always have people not firing correctly and causing damage but thats just a fact of lifeWee Jock the holy pyro nutter! said:it's all cat 4 stuff no license is needed but only display companies can buy own store and fire these types of fireworks for ovbious reasons i remember reading years ago a container containg cat 3 and 4 fireworks was broke into and shells were stolen improperly fired and caused around £70000 in damage
theres a reason joe bloggs can't get a hold of them
But if people were aware of how to fire them safely and mortar tubes were provided these sorts of things would be unlikely. You will always have people not firing correctly and causing damage but thats just a fact of life
I would love something like this but theres a reason these types of fireworks are classed and 1.2G and 1.1G it's something in my view thats too powerfull for a back yard displayberry1 said:Thats why i said i thought a Firework Course specially for shells that gives enthusiasts a special license to purchase them would be a good idea. Would be much safer and section off the general public.
But if people were aware of how to fire them safely and mortar tubes were provided these sorts of things would be unlikely. You will always have people not firing correctly and causing damage but thats just a fact of life
I would love something like this but theres a reason these types of fireworks are classed and 1.2G and 1.1G it's something in my view thats too powerfull for a back yard display
i mean it's ok saying we have been in a course or such experience but if you have an 8 inch shell and it breaks in the mortar tube or has a low break in the air
just imagine us enthusiasts having something like this and it going horribly wrong with a mortar break or low fire break (it doesn't bear thinking about the consequences)
at least if the cat 3 stuff we have goes wrong it's not as devestating as what a shell could be just looking at the power of an 8 inch shell below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCmvSjhsEzA
Wee Jock the holy pyro nutter! said:I would love something like this but theres a reason these types of fireworks are classed and 1.2G and 1.1G it's something in my view thats too powerfull for a back yard displayberry1 said:Thats why i said i thought a Firework Course specially for shells that gives enthusiasts a special license to purchase them would be a good idea. Would be much safer and section off the general public.
But if people were aware of how to fire them safely and mortar tubes were provided these sorts of things would be unlikely. You will always have people not firing correctly and causing damage but thats just a fact of life
i mean it's ok saying we have been in a course or such experience but if you have an 8 inch shell and it breaks in the mortar tube or has a low break in the air
just imagine us enthusiasts having something like this and it going horribly wrong with a mortar break or low fire break (it doesn't bear thinking about the consequences)
at least if the cat 3 stuff we have goes wrong it's not as devestating as what a shell could be just looking at the power of an 8 inch shell below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCmvSjhsEzA