It looks like you spun it pretty good before snapping those pics.Brendan W wrote:I spun it up with a stick about 40 or so times...
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Yeah, I got bored and started playing with the rotor.SirenMadness wrote:It looks like you spun it pretty good before snapping those pics.Brendan W wrote:I spun it up with a stick about 40 or so times...
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Just don't get carried away "playing with the rotor" too much because even at spun-by-hand speeds those big rotors can cause a serious injury.Yeah, I got bored and started playing with the rotor.
I had a really close call with one of my Model 5s when I put my hand on the stator before the rotor stopped. And it was barely moving. Now I wrap EVERY siren stator with
exposed ports like that in 3/8 square hardware cloth before I put the rotor on. I even did it with my model 2. Adam Pollack had a really bad experience with a rotor if I remember correctly.
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I'm aware of that. Scott Nelson also got one of his fingertips lobbed off by an SD-10.CDV777-1 wrote:Just don't get carried away "playing with the rotor" too much because even at spun-by-hand speeds those big rotors can cause a serious injury.Yeah, I got bored and started playing with the rotor.
I had a really close call with one of my Model 5s when I put my hand on the stator before the rotor stopped. And it was barely moving. Now I wrap EVERY siren stator with
exposed ports like that in 3/8 square hardware cloth before I put the rotor on. I even did it with my model 2. Adam Pollack had a really bad experience with a rotor if I remember correctly.
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I will never touch another siren rotor again after what happened with Bryan's 2T22 and that "safety wire"...
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I've been super careful around my P-10. But I can't resist joking with my dad, "I dare you to stick your finger in it."
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what happened?TboltTX1 wrote:I will never touch another siren rotor again after what happened with Bryan's 2T22 and that "safety wire"...
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He had this wire running through the nut that mounts the rotor to the motor shaft. It was clipped off at such an angle that the edges were razor sharp. I spun up the rotor near the center of the shaft to keep away from the ports and when I took my hand away my index finger caught the edge of that wire.
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Ouch! That had to hurt badly! 
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