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Types Of Fireworks;
PARACHUTES
Parachutes come in two different types - day and night. Each type can be further broken down into single or multiple shots. "Single" parachutes launch a canister high into the air, where it bursts into one or two parachutes. The "paratrooper" has a strobe or coloured star composition in it, which burns brightly as it slowly falls down.
Multiple shot parachutes look more like a tall, thin cake or fountain consisting of many tubes, they can fill the sky with almost a hundred different coloured parachutes which rain down everywhere. Daytime parachutes are also available which contain different coloured smoke effects.
How Fireworks Work - Parachutes
Aerial parachutes have a complex internal construction very similar to an aerial shell but with the addition of a parachute tube. The body of the firework is either a single launch tube with a square base, or clusters of tubes that look like a tall cake.
The launch tubes are thick enough to withstand the forces of the loud and powerful lift charge which when ignited blasts a "parachute tube" high into the air. As the charge is flying upwards a time fuse is burning inside it which at the apex of flight ignites a tiny burst charge. This burst (or "ejection") charge blasts the parachutes from the parachute tube (paper wadding is placed between the burst charge and parachutes to prevent them from burning).
The tissue parachutes are attached to small chunks of tube filled with clay ballast. They are packed together tightly, allowing several parachutes to be placed inside a single parachute tube. Sometimes the weight tube is filled with a steady-burning star or strobe composition. A short piece of fuse transfers fire from the parachute tube's burst charge to the composition in the weight, which emits its effect as it drifts down from the sky.
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