The show is "The Princess Bride"
The scene is "The Fire Swamp" were flame bursts randomly out of the ground.
The Theater is in a public school so not so much as sparklers...
My plan includes a semi-translucent, fabric, wind-sock like thing, hidden in the floor.
The challenge is to create the powerful current of compressed air that will send it bursting into existence.
Edit: The effect I need is for it to burst out of the floor with a short powerful blast of the air, then immediately flop back down again.
Edit: already tried: electric cfm high static pressure fan. It looked like a real fire once it got going, but it took too long. the effect we are looking for is a sudden explosion of flame that is gone as quick as it appeared.
Already tried: 8 people backstage blowing into garden hoses that link into one. The sock didn't deploy much, and half of them got their mouths blown off their hose, and a mouthful of hot moist air. bleck!
The air will have to come from some sort of compressed gas container, with a valve and a hose.
Or perhaps some kind of bellows? Lots of Bike pumps?
So, where i got stuck was finding the right materials.
1:The container:
I know i can get large co2 paintball canisters at wall-mart, and those would be quite fun, and i could get one for every night so we always get the highest pressure.
Or i could look for a place to rent a compressed oxygen container? That would probably hold so much that the pressure would stay constant for how we would use it.
2: how to attach it to the valve and hose
Depends on the container, but i am especially eager for a link to where you can get hookups for paintball stuff.
3: The valve and hose?
what should they be? wheres a good place to look? The valve has to be just right. Instant-on, hold for a second or two, instant-off.
Solutions are great, but a point in the right direction is great to.
Thanks. love. lol.
The scene is "The Fire Swamp" were flame bursts randomly out of the ground.
The Theater is in a public school so not so much as sparklers...
My plan includes a semi-translucent, fabric, wind-sock like thing, hidden in the floor.
The challenge is to create the powerful current of compressed air that will send it bursting into existence.
Edit: The effect I need is for it to burst out of the floor with a short powerful blast of the air, then immediately flop back down again.
Edit: already tried: electric cfm high static pressure fan. It looked like a real fire once it got going, but it took too long. the effect we are looking for is a sudden explosion of flame that is gone as quick as it appeared.
Already tried: 8 people backstage blowing into garden hoses that link into one. The sock didn't deploy much, and half of them got their mouths blown off their hose, and a mouthful of hot moist air. bleck!
The air will have to come from some sort of compressed gas container, with a valve and a hose.
Or perhaps some kind of bellows? Lots of Bike pumps?
So, where i got stuck was finding the right materials.
1:The container:
I know i can get large co2 paintball canisters at wall-mart, and those would be quite fun, and i could get one for every night so we always get the highest pressure.
Or i could look for a place to rent a compressed oxygen container? That would probably hold so much that the pressure would stay constant for how we would use it.
2: how to attach it to the valve and hose
Depends on the container, but i am especially eager for a link to where you can get hookups for paintball stuff.
3: The valve and hose?
what should they be? wheres a good place to look? The valve has to be just right. Instant-on, hold for a second or two, instant-off.
Solutions are great, but a point in the right direction is great to.
Thanks. love. lol.
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