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Types of Cakes
When shopping for repeaters (cakes) for your firework display you will find that not all cakes shoot straight up. This article will explain the different styles of angled cakes that are available to consumers. To get a better idea of what the effects look like we will be adding videos to this page shortly.
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| "I" | |||
| The "I" style cake is the oldest style of
cakes. This is your more traditional style, this cake causes the
breaks to be located generally in the same area of the sky. The
majority of cakes on the consumer market are of this style. |
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| "V" Angled | |||
| There is two different sub style of "v"
cakes, an open and closed version. The open version leaves a space in
the center of the shots, whereas the closed version fills the space
in.
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| "W" Angled | |||
| The "W" style cake is like the open "V"
style with shots fired in the center of the cake, leaving space
between the left and right sides of the "V" creating the "W".
This style cake can either shot one at a time in each of the
directions or groups depending on the size of the cake. |
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| "Z" Angled | |||
| The "Z" angle style cake is a new effect
for the 2004 firework season. This style of angle cake shoots from
right-to-left and the left-to-right in a "Z" pattern. The picture to
the right is of American Rhythm the red pearls went from right-to-left
and now the white is going left-to-right, creating a "Z" effect. |
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| Combination "I" & "V" or "W" | |||
| The "I" and "W" or "V" effect was new around 2001-2002, it combined a "I effect with either the "V" or "W" effect. The cake would fire a few shots in the "I" style then would switch to say a "W" effect then back to a "I" effect. The graphic to the right show what the shots would look like through the duration of a typical cake. Generally the shots that are straight up are shot one at a time and the "V" or "W" are in groups. |
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