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Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 8:12 pm
by thewoog34
SirenMadness wrote:If the 2001 goes, that means the Model 2 will be the only siren to use a classic chopper design!
Sentry's entire product line still uses a classic chopper design.
r4tbolts wrote:I see two major issues with the inner cone design. Without a screen the shape of the inner cone will make one heck of a bird nesting area and secondly in snow country if pointed the wrong direction will catch and retain a lot of snow. To me it would seem more practical to have the inner cone flared outward to drain water and moisture away and not be a retention pool.
At a minimum there should be a weep hole in the bottom of the inner cone to keep water/moisture from pooling.
The cone curves inwards to give the projector an exponential horn profile around the center cone. This increases efficiency tremendously.
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 9:58 pm
by SirenMadness
Sorry, in terms of classic, I'm referring to just Federal here. I'm pretty sure the Model 2 will stay around unchanged for a while.
You know, when I first saw the thread title I thought someone had dug up some crazy old-school patent or found an old pic of some weird prototype. Was I ever pleasantly surprised when I read that this is actually something new and upcoming!
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 12:13 am
by holler
The 508 reminds me of that monstrous "Collosus" siren made in the 50's.
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 1:03 am
by Civil D Siren
It does look like an ACA design, like a P-15 or something.
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 4:38 am
by Travis
holler wrote:They probably just reverse engineered a Tempest series siren.
I preach this once more. There is sufficient evidence [noted by Clayt Werden] Federal obtains their rotors and stators from the
exact same company that does ASC's.
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 3:25 pm
by thewoog34
Anyone else kinda disappointed that ANOTHER 8 port siren is being put onto the market? That makes the majority of the mechanical sirens being made today 8 port. 8 port doesn't sound bad at all, but it's nice to have some more variety. Oh well, it's better than having mostly 12 port sirens.
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 7:59 pm
by holler
Why would we be disappointed? 8 port sirens are great.
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 8:21 pm
by jkvernon
I'm surprised that Clayt hasn't commented. He usually has pretty good insight into these things.
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 11:11 pm
by ver tum
My guess is that this siren will have a deeper tone (I don't mean lower pitch), possibly deeper than the T-128's tone. Can't wait to hear one of these!
Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 6:13 am
by thewoog34
holler wrote:Why would we be disappointed? 8 port sirens are great.
I completely agree, but it's kinda boring now that most of the sirens being made will be 8 port. This new siren is most likely going to replace the 2001. It would have been cool if the 508 was a 7 port siren, but it was probably economically more feasible to use the Eclipse rotor.
EDIT: Are you guys seriously smiting me simply because you don't agree with my opinion?