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[Justin]

i just noticed that the bottom of the hurricane looks like a computer where the monitor sits on top

I don't remember where it was, but I do remember that someone had a picture of a square horned Hurricane on an old transmitter tower. The siren is decommissioned, I believe, and I think one of us emailed the company that owns the tower and they said that nobody can buy it or have it. I get the MK-I and MK-II confused.

Believed to be decommissioned, but could have fallen into disrepair.
The story goes that the telecommunications company that owns the tower won't let anyone (even the blokes that installed it) onto that property to remove (or save) it. This could be a number of reasons, most likely down to the OH&S (occupational, health and safety) risk to actually scale the tower and physically remove it. Quite obviously, a crane can't assist because the tower is in the Hurricane's way.

Come to think of it, possibly the only way would to be to grab a bunch of circus folk with a trapeze set and take it down that way.

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[Robert Gift]

What are those curved wires at the top?

Is a Hurricane a supercharged chopper siren, like a Thunderbolt?
Like that the horns tilt downwards to facilitate drainage and prevent nests being built inside. Or are they screened?
Thank you.

[ver tum]

What are those curved wires at the top?

Is a Hurricane a supercharged chopper siren, like a Thunderbolt?
Like that the horns tilt downwards to facilitate drainage and prevent nests being built inside. Or are they screened?
Thank you.

The ACA Hurricane is in deed a supercharged electro-mechanical siren. It's design is different than that of the Thunderbolt though. I believe it has two separate roters, with a motor shaft in the center, sort of like an XT22.

ACA Hurricane video

I believe this particular Hurricane was softened, because it was in a residential area, but you can still get an idea of what they sound like. The blower can be clearly heard. Eric Green from CivilDefenseMuseum.com has an excelent audio recording of a Hurricane 130 at full power on his sirens page.

[Gil]

All of them are prototypes except for the Allertor.

The Screamer 105 made it into production also.

Yes, but there are only a couple that we now of. To me, thats considered a prototype, where its not mass produced.

[500 AT fan]

What are those curved wires at the top?

Is a Hurricane a supercharged chopper siren, like a Thunderbolt?
Like that the horns tilt downwards to facilitate drainage and prevent nests being built inside. Or are they screened?
Thank you.

The ACA Hurricane is in deed a supercharged electro-mechanical siren. It's design is different than that of the Thunderbolt though. I believe it has two separate roters, with a motor shaft in the center, sort of like an XT22.

ACA Hurricane video

I believe this particular Hurricane was softened, because it was in a residential area, but you can still get an idea of what they sound like. The blower can be clearly heard. Eric Green from CivilDefenseMuseum.com has an excelent audio recording of a Hurricane 130 at full power on his sirens page.

It was muffled audio. There's a different video of it at full power, too.

About the Hurricane 130 at the tower... IT"S STAYING THERE UNTIL IT RUSTS AWAY. End of story. NOW, to prevent this thread from derailing any further, those are some odd looking prototype sirens... What's up with the "SENTRY 95" siren?! ACA didn't have relations with Sterling/Sentry, did they?!

Also, the "Cyclone" siren looks kind of like a Decot ssiren to me.

[cyclonesthebest]

Also, the "Cyclone" siren looks kind of like a Decot ssiren to me.

btw, was decot their own company?

Use proper grammar!

[500 AT fan]

Yes. Decot was their own company.They existed from the 1930's to around the 1950's. Don't know what happened to them, BUT, I wouldn't be surprised if ACA got their hands on some of Decot's old equiptment. (spelling?!).... Despite only being in buisness for only 20 years, they made plenty of sirens. One of which I've seen in person. They're shaped like little baskets, in general. It would have been awesome to see a rotating Decot, but, none were ever thought up, or, made........

[cyclonesthebest]

wow.

(and it is equipment)

Use proper grammar!

[newhebrith]

What are those curved wires at the top?

Is a Hurricane a supercharged chopper siren, like a Thunderbolt?
Like that the horns tilt downwards to facilitate drainage and prevent nests being built inside. Or are they screened?
Thank you.

The ACA Hurricane is in deed a supercharged electro-mechanical siren. It's design is different than that of the Thunderbolt though. I believe it has two separate roters, with a motor shaft in the center, sort of like an XT22.

ACA Hurricane video

I believe this particular Hurricane was softened, because it was in a residential area, but you can still get an idea of what they sound like. The blower can be clearly heard. Eric Green from CivilDefenseMuseum.com has an excelent audio recording of a Hurricane 130 at full power on his sirens page.

It was muffled audio. There's a different video of it at full power, too.

IT"S STAYING THERE UNTIL IT RUSTS AWAY. End of story.

Um,we kinda figured that...

Use proper grammar!

[Gil]

There is believed to be a Sentry 95 somewhere in Minnesota. But, we're not totally sure if it is. If it is, then it's the only one that we know of.

The Sentry 95 has nothing to do with the Sentry siren company. Just a coincidence of names.