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Whelen only uses 400 watt drivers supplied by Community Loudspeaker. R3 has one throat empty.10V2T wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:52 pmI think either that or the drivers in the throats are of less wattage.CombineplayzTV wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:02 pmWell, I looked up Whelen Vortex R3, and it still has 4 throats. Is one of the throats empty without a driver?
Does anyone know the purpose of the fins on the older models? Was it just for looks or was it useful in some way? Sorry if this is common knowledge.Some_3t22s wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 5:21 pmBasically what Eows said. As far as I'm aware Vortexes only had the finback option too, though I'd need someone else with extensive knowledge on Whelens to verify that.
I think it was to better distribute the weight.WPS4004Man wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:03 amDoes anyone know the purpose of the fins on the older models? Was it just for looks or was it useful in some way? Sorry if this is common knowledge.Some_3t22s wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 5:21 pmBasically what Eows said. As far as I'm aware Vortexes only had the finback option too, though I'd need someone else with extensive knowledge on Whelens to verify that.
Why would they drop the fins on the newer models (if they actually did) then?10V2T wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:55 pmI think it was to better distribute the weight.WPS4004Man wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:03 amDoes anyone know the purpose of the fins on the older models? Was it just for looks or was it useful in some way? Sorry if this is common knowledge.Some_3t22s wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 5:21 pmBasically what Eows said. As far as I'm aware Vortexes only had the finback option too, though I'd need someone else with extensive knowledge on Whelens to verify that.
Very honestly I have no clue. My answer was just speculation.Some_3t22s wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:30 pmWhy would they drop the fins on the newer models (if they actually did) then?10V2T wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:55 pmI think it was to better distribute the weight.WPS4004Man wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:03 am
Does anyone know the purpose of the fins on the older models? Was it just for looks or was it useful in some way? Sorry if this is common knowledge.
And did they drop it because it messed up the gear rotators? Or something elseuncommonsense wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:33 pmMy understanding is the first gen Vortex rotators are belt driven as opposed to later gear driven models (it’s obvious from looking at the boxes the first gen Vortex uses a very different type of rotator). The fins better handled the wind load so as to reduce the chance of damage to the rotation mechanism under high winds.
This is just a guess but it's probably a reliability thing.Eows 115 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 8:26 pmAnd did they drop it because it messed up the gear rotators? Or something elseuncommonsense wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:33 pmMy understanding is the first gen Vortex rotators are belt driven as opposed to later gear driven models (it’s obvious from looking at the boxes the first gen Vortex uses a very different type of rotator). The fins better handled the wind load so as to reduce the chance of damage to the rotation mechanism under high winds.