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The Latest Mini Thunderbolt Idiocy

Thu Jul 18, 2013 4:09 am

I'm finally getting down to trying to "officially" finish up the Mini Thunderbolt. Here are some pics.
My plan all along was to have a base box which would house the 12 volt power supply and chopper caps.
Even if I didn't have the chopper cap nonsense I would still need a base to house the power supply. If I go with some kind of control circuit in place of the caps to ramp the chopper up and down in attack it can be easily placed in the base box.
Since I ditched the old 12 volt blower and went with the air mattress blower the whole thing is much easier to deal with because I can simply plug the thing into the wall now.
My "Mini-RCM" will now actually fit inside a 1/6 scale RCM box because the blower relay is now inside the blower box.

Here's the base box with the power supply and caps. Far from being finished.
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Here's the blower frame on it's "skid" in roughly the final position it will be in. I might eventually make it a pole mount model with a 7 foot tall 2 inch wood dowel "telephone pole."
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Here's the blower just kind of stuck together. It doesn't have all the screws in it. That's the blower relay on top in front.
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Another view of the blower so the motor can be seen better.
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Here's the sheet styrene blower box. The sides aren't glued on yet. They are just sitting in place.
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Here's the blower box front, back and top sitting on the blower so the fit of the blower in the box can be seen.
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Here's the box with the sides in place.
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And last but not least the incomplete mini-RCM box with the mini-RCM inside of it. Still need to make the top of the box and the door.
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Re: The Latest Mini Thunderbolt Idiocy

Thu Jul 18, 2013 4:13 am

Looking great, Eric! I'm excited to hear it in action!
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Re: The Latest Mini Thunderbolt Idiocy

Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:14 pm

Awesome Eric! I remember watching some videos of it and always thinking it was a cool setup (of course, that was before I joined). I also remember looking at your website and seeing all the cool siren pages and this mini thunderbolt project. Very cool! :clap:
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Re: The Latest Mini Thunderbolt Idiocy

Thu Jul 18, 2013 2:14 pm

Wow, that's some engineering and carpendry skills ya got there Eric! Can't wait to see it!

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Thu Jul 18, 2013 3:37 pm

Looks great Eric! :thup: It looks just like a real Thunderbolt with the Blower cover and RCM panel. Nice Job! :clap:

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Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:27 am

Very Cool !!
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Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:08 am

I'll say this, your metalworking skills are second to none.

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Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:26 am

I've always loved this thing. I saw your videos of this on YouTube way before I joined the forums. If you don't mind me asking, how much have you got into this siren?
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Fri Jul 19, 2013 4:07 pm

Just imagine the possibilities with making fractional (or perhaps even full) scale sirens once 3D printing establishes itself as an affordable home appliance.
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Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:06 pm

Mitch wrote:Just imagine the possibilities with making fractional (or perhaps even full) scale sirens once 3D printing establishes itself as an affordable home appliance.
That will be an amazing day!
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