Extremely fast rotating Thunderbeam

[holler]

I wonder how much extra stress (if any) it puts on the pole with the disc spinning around that fast?

I'm guessing the disc weighs around 20-50 pounds itself, but it seems to be centered so it might not put any stress at all. Charlie D most likely knows the answer, since he is the former owner of a Thunderbeam.

The disc in the junked out tbeam I had at the house for a while weighed about 60 pounds. It was made out of some surprisingly thick steel.

[SirenMaster2000]

What a fast rotation indeed! Too bad it'll be the end for this siren though. Thunderbeams aren't still made are they?

[ginbot86]

Thunderbeams aren't still made are they?

They were discontinued decades ago.

[Thunderboltlover]

They should put a 1003 in its place

[tboltkid520]

If you watch it carefully, it only spins around only a few times, then it goes back and forth for almost the rest of the test.
For sure the gear box is broken or the set screws for the disk is super loose.

I noticed that, too. I watched it a few times and realized it was just switching directions back and forth, and not rotating. I figured it out by watching the position of the "support bracket" for the disc, if you will, and watching where it ended up when the siren wound down.