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16-02-2020, 04:42 PM
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Dark sky rules !
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NYE fireworks to be replaced by LED drones ?
In the SMH I read an interesting article:
https://www.smh.com.au/national/dron...15-p5413w.html
I think it is a good idea, less pollution and fire hazard and in the sense of light pollution it is not a big deal, because they only light up the sky for at most one hour a year.
What do you think ?
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16-02-2020, 05:15 PM
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pro lumen
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: ballina
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I like fireworks .
Yearly I get it
a little later
Drones and LEDs Its so cheap we can do 'something' every night would get pitched to council in time .
Last edited by GrahamL; 16-02-2020 at 06:11 PM.
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16-02-2020, 05:51 PM
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Supernova Searcher
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Cambroon Queensland Australia
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If true,it would save a **** load money in the long run.
Fireworks cost millions of dollars a year. which go up in smoke.
Burning money in my opinion.
Cheers
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17-02-2020, 06:39 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Dunners Nu Zulland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by astroron
If true,it would save a **** load money in the long run.
Fireworks cost millions of dollars a year. which go up in smoke.
Burning money in my opinion.
Cheers
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The money is still there, just in someone else's pocket.
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17-02-2020, 11:19 AM
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amateur
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Mt Waverley, VIC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by N1
The money is still there, just in someone else's pocket.
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I don't think so - money was converted into pyrotechnical material that went in smoke..
Nothing really useful was created in this transaction.
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17-02-2020, 12:37 PM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
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Fireworks are a wonderful "good" (as in goods and services) for the economy.
Instant consumption and no second hand market.
I think we need drones that carry fireworks so as to provide a greater show than the year before and totally indulge the city folk who keep the world going.
Alex
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17-02-2020, 12:58 PM
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Oh, I See You Are Empty!
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Laramie, WY - United States of America
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Would definately be cool to see...
Intel -2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOd4-T_p5fA(look closely, there's a scene from the Sydney display)
Intel - 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQ31-vSgfs (2000 Drones)
Late edit: Wonder is what kind of wind these could fly in? ... would be a shame to cancel any event due to "light winds"
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17-02-2020, 03:21 PM
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Supernova Searcher
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bojan
I don't think so - money was converted into pyrotechnical material that went in smoke..
Nothing really useful was created in this transaction.
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Nicely put Bojan
My thoughts exactly
Cheers
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17-02-2020, 05:05 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Sydney
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I love the fireworks. Drones are nice too but simply don't have multi sensory impact but I'm sure the ABC won't stop bleating until they get what they want.
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17-02-2020, 05:16 PM
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No. I am a meat popsicle.
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Townsville
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GOTO
I love the fireworks. Drones are nice too but simply don't have multi sensory impact but I'm sure the ABC won't stop bleating until they get what they want.
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This. Multi sensory is the thing. I love the smell of gunpowder in the evening.
I can however appreciate the painful issue of city folk playing with fire whilst everyone else burned (as in earlier this year).
There will always be complaints regarding "visual entertainment" from some vector. Fireworks, Drones, Lasers, etc. This forum has held many rants on each of these.
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17-02-2020, 05:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bojan
I don't think so - money was converted into pyrotechnical material that went in smoke..
Nothing really useful was created in this transaction.
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The Foti Bros will have a different view on that I'm sure.
And don't get me started on transactions that don't create anything useful. That would turn into a cadenced drone and this forum would explode.
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17-02-2020, 07:54 PM
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Dark sky rules !
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Location: 52N 6E (EU)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by N1
The Foti Bros will have a different view on that I'm sure.
And don't get me started on transactions that don't create anything useful. That would turn into a cadenced drone and this forum would explode.
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Maybe a new challenge for them, and even make a transition (i.e. combination of fireworks and laser drones ?). Is Foti not an Italian company with a long history of the fireworks ?
And ... drones are a lot cheaper: Foti employees shoud not make dangerous and acrobatic moves for months to install the explosives in the Harbor Bridge, but rather program drone software which spectacle to show (the current fireworks are also computer controlled).
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17-02-2020, 08:16 PM
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Galaxy hitchhiking guide
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: The Shire
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You can go on the merry go round. The wooden horses go up and down a bit, it's safe, a little fun but rather repetitive. Or you can go on the roller coaster. After the slow climb to the top, you experience a rush, g-force, might even bash your knee or rattle your teeth.
But what a ride!
Drone displays? Really? I guess some bugs are attracted to the pretty lights...
Sooo boring. Sooo vanilla. I much prefer the espresso affogato!!
Many things in life are costly with no real purpose, apart from the sheer enjoyment of the spectacle. Given Australia's obsession with grand-finals sport, clearly many think the same.
The fireworks are just that Fire! Works! A ripper brilliant display that I for one would not want to be watered down due some obtuse PC rubbish.
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17-02-2020, 09:00 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Brisbane
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Drone displays? Really? I guess some bugs are attracted to the pretty lights...
Sooo boring. Sooo vanilla. I much prefer the espresso affogato!!
Many things in life are costly with no real purpose, apart from the sheer enjoyment of the spectacle. Given Australia's obsession with grand-finals sport, clearly many think the same.
The fireworks are just that Fire! Works! A ripper brilliant display that I for one would not want to be watered down due some obtuse PC rubbish.
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Look at military jet displays during airshows.
How tame they now are, since there's nothing to equal the F-111 dump and burn.
The best they have now is a Hercules doing a flare drop. Doesn't come close to making the excitement that the F-111's did.
Replacing fireworks with drone displays, same removing of something visceral.
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17-02-2020, 09:55 PM
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Registered User
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Location: maryland newcastle AUSTRALIA
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Thanks OICURMT I would go and see a show like that much nicer than fireworks
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18-02-2020, 08:14 PM
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Galaxy hitchhiking guide
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Location: The Shire
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alan meehan
Thanks OICURMT I would go and see a show like that much nicer than fireworks
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Each to their own.....Eric Olthwaite liked shovels.
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18-02-2020, 10:42 PM
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Don't Panic!
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Location: Mount Gambier, South Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Each to their own.....Eric Olthwaite liked shovels.
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Spear and Jackson, with a brass 'andle
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19-02-2020, 08:04 PM
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pro lumen
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Location: ballina
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What about the fireworks targeting the drones ? everyones a winner then .
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20-02-2020, 09:53 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Shoalhaven Heads, NSW
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GOTO
I love the fireworks. Drones are nice too but simply don't have multi sensory impact but I'm sure the ABC won't stop bleating until they get what they want.
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Me too.
I have fond memories of "cracker night" when I was a kid in the 1960's and a huge bonfire in the back yard.
As a kid that was easily my favourite day of the year. We always had an adult letting off the fireworks in a safe manner, with a long touch wick in a sand pit. We would have 2 hoses and a several buckets of water close at hand, if needed. We never ever needed the water, but it was close if we did. Unfortunately, not everyone exercised the same common sense and caution and there were many serious injuries ultimately resulting in fireworks being banned to the general public. Again the few idiots spoil things for the majority.
Cheers
John B
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21-02-2020, 12:11 AM
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Feel free to edit my imag
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Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Llandysul, WALES, UK
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I wonder how long it will be before the complaints start when this is happening all year round at night, good luck astro photographers and astronomers
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