Re: Willow formula.

Yes, of course I will test these before I assemble my shells.
Basically I was just wondering what everyone's favorite formulas are.
These are willow to Mag Green. The plan is to make these stars around
1/2", 1/4" Mag Green, 1/4" Willow, test them out and see what I need to
tweak. I'm using Pine charcoal and will probably mill them for around
an hour or 2.

Bill

tomsspamaccount@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Bill,
>
> If I were to make 6" willow shells with an unfamiliar comp, I would
> really, really want to test the stars from a star gun to determine
> burn time, ignitability and so forth. Imagine firing a willow shell
> around many spectators only to see several hundred stars burn all the
> way to the ground because you made them too large. The above willow
> comp burns very slow. I use the Shmizu willow formula on 3" shells
> using 1/4" cut stars. I get a long tail and long burn time but they
> don't reach the ground. However, the burn time can increase/decrease
> depending on the milling time of the comp and charcoal selected.
>
> Best wishes.
>
> Tom N.

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