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Hi Sam.

 

Unfortunately at just 16 you may well find life in the pyro arena difficult to get into. Not many venues (if any) will allow you to prep and/or fire pyro until you are 18.

 

Sorry.

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I agree with what all the others have said, however, knowledge is the key......

 

Familiarize yourself with standard Prro's, the controllers, connectors, floor stands and safety aspects.

 

Learn the burn duration of various effects.

 

Learn the characteristic of each individual device.

 

And learn the characteristics of each manufacturers devices...

 

Learn how to do a Risk Assesment, and how to put it in practice.......

 

Learn how to.........

 

 

There's a subtle hint here,

 

Knowkedge is the key.......and that's you're starting point.

 

Pyrotechnics are a form of explosive. Detonated in a public place........

 

The ASP, as others have mentioned is a good starting point, but realistically, knowkedge of all devices is required to do the job properly. Being fully literate, will stand yo in good stead, for any future jobs you may be required for.

 

Remember that pyro's, can mean anything from a couple of LM theatrical flashes, to a complete set destruction, through explosive devices....

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Pyrotechnics are a form of explosive. Detonated in a public place........

 

 

Pyrotechnics are Ignited not detonated. sorry for pickyness! :(

 

Now this is something I would like clarified :rolleyes:

 

My view is.....

 

A pyro has a detonating device inside it.... ie the 2 prongs out of the bottom, or the 2 wires that protrude from it are connected to a form of detonator.......... as it creates a small explosion within the pyro to trigger it.

 

Is this detonation, or was it ignited?

 

Been curious on this one for a while.

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Nope, it's ignition (or deflagration if you prefer, although there is an interesting discussion to be had about that as well).

 

Detonation is where the explosive reaction moves through the material at a speed greater than the speed of sound in the material. This most definitely does not happen with any stage pyro (or even firework) devices.

 

What come out of the bottom of a stage pyro device is the connections to an ignitor.

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At risk of being accused of undue pedantry (possibly bordering on irrelevance!) ... isn't ignition a component of the detonation process, in that the supersonic shockwave that propogates the detonation process causes ignition through compression? Just some idle ponderings ... it's a long time since I did physics ... :rolleyes:
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... isn't ignition a component of the detonation process, in that the supersonic shockwave that propogates the detonation process causes ignition through compression?

 

[sUPER_PEDANT]

Ignition

The initiation of burning of a pyrotechnic material.

 

So whilst ignition starts the whole thing off, it's burning that is (sometimes) the intermediate component in the detonation process. However, this isn't burning as most people think of it, ie flames and all that, but burning as in an exothermic oxidation/reduction reaction.

 

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