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#61393 - 03/06/06 11:19 PM Micro Flares
jamesraykenney Offline
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I have been meaning to ask this here, and the Tomb Raider Light Stick Thread reminded me about it...

In various movies, I have seen people use what looks like some kind of micro flare that was only about two or three inches long... It looked like they struck them like a match and then they burned for about a minute or two...
I was first reminded about these the first time I lit off a REI weatherproof match, and the thing looked like a flare...
I was thinking that, seeing as how you cannot get much better than a flare for fire-starting in the rain, that some of these(they looked smaller than cigarettes), would be a great way to get a fire started in WET areas...
They looked metallic, and MAY be some kind of magnesium rod with an igniter attached...
Anyone know anything about these???

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#61394 - 03/07/06 01:11 AM Re: Micro Flares
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I only ever say them in Aliens. I seem to remember reading somehwere they were made from light weight tubing, the guts of a highway flare, and match head compound, and were a real pain in the butt in terms of making and protecting.
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#61395 - 03/07/06 04:40 AM Re: Micro Flares
Susan Offline
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#61396 - 03/07/06 06:08 AM Re: Micro Flares
ironraven Offline
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Nope, definantly not pen flares.

These would be about the size of the launcher pen, with strike-anywhere material on one end. Basically a highway flare for lilliputians. As far as I've ever been able to find, they were made by the pyro guy for that movie, becuase I haven't found a single reference to someone making something like them.
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#61397 - 03/07/06 08:58 AM Re: Micro Flares
Tjin Offline
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this?
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#61398 - 03/07/06 02:52 PM Re: Micro Flares
hailstone Offline
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Mabey one of these?

Kevin

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#61399 - 03/07/06 04:17 PM Re: Micro Flares
Craig_phx Offline
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Where did you buy those flares?

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#61400 - 03/07/06 06:57 PM Re: Micro Flares
jamesraykenney Offline
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Quote:
I only ever say them in Aliens. I seem to remember reading somehwere they were made from light weight tubing, the guts of a highway flare, and match head compound, and were a real pain in the butt in terms of making and protecting.


Where did they use them in Aliens??? I do not remember that...

I could of SWORN that I have seen them used in other movies, but you know how memory can be...


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#61401 - 03/07/06 07:07 PM Re: Micro Flares
jamesraykenney Offline
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Quote:
this?

Well, I finally found that on the site that the picture was linked form, but I cannot find any size...
Hmmm, it is called the Wind Light...
If it is small, it could be an interesting addition...

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#61402 - 03/07/06 09:14 PM Re: Micro Flares
hailstone Offline
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The Orion flare is a part of an Orion survival/signaling kit, I saw them in Cabelas several years ago, but I'm unsure if Orion makes them anymore.
The other 5 min. fusee I found in my parents' garage. It has a date of September 1979 on it, and was made by Standard Fusee Co.

http://botac.com/orwilprod.html
http://www.orionsignals.com/Wilderness/Products/Fire_Starters.html

Kevin


Edited by hailstone (03/07/06 09:19 PM)

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