Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:46 pm
To answer a few of the questions I have seen on here:
Sircom horn and amps? We started out with SirCom horn, amps, and other products from them. We then brought in some brilliant engineers who designed our own amplifiers and soon - all we were buying from SirCom was the horn and driver cover - so they jacked the price up 3X. So I was charged with finding a foundry and getting our own horns made. Found a Foundry right in Sarasota/Bradenton area to partner with - better to be lucky than good any day. Wes Palmer Foundry helped me develop the right formula of the correct aluminum and silicon. I added the Waves logo and we were off to the races at about 115.00 per horn and driver cover.
Trailer Manufacturer? I designed the trailer with another engineer buddy of mine (in SolidWorks) gave the design to a local trailer manufacturer to fabricate and build for us (StrongBack Trailers)
They build gorgeous boat trailers and customs and are great with aluminum welding. The finished trailer comes in at 2805 lbs and was designed to fit on a 463L military pallet system. Delivered to theater on a C-17, C-130, CV-22, or rotary blade aircraft as well. Survived initial range testing at Yuma and survived over 24 hours at Aberdeen Proving Grounds until a square tube failed. We increased the wall thickness of the tube after a forensic test, offered a new unit to Aberdeen and they passed trailer without second attempt due to thorough follow up paperwork.
We sold the units to Northrop Grumman for integral use in the C-RAM program, the U.K. MOD, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, Germany - all under U.N. contract. Also sold lots to the Marine Corps, U.S. Army, Maryland Air National Guard. For non-military use - sold several to colleges and large corporations for various use in addition to hardmounted systems on campus.
More details later, funny stories. Ask questions if you have any.
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