Any photos of the Hurricane MKII-130 chopper assembly?
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 4:25 am
by john_paul
What does the original MKII-130 chopper assembly really looks like? I'm aware that everyone here knows the what does a Hurricane chopper assembly looks like but the thing is, it's the assembly of the old square Hurricane 130 or mistakenly called as "MKI". The yellow one in Darien IL that was removed and sold at an auction in 2010 has videos of the chopper assembly uploaded in YouTube but that was not the original MKII-130 chopper, it was a re-used 130 / MKI chopper assembly which is exactly the same chopper found square Hurricane that was removed in Centralia, IL. ACA apparently produced MKII's with different chopper assemblies with the same port ratio. The original MKII-130 chopper, according to the ACA manual, has a 1 HP motor compared to the 130 (square horn/MKI) which has a 2 HP motor manufactured by Doerr.
It would be great if someone here has a photo of the original MKII-130 chopper assembly, there isn't a single photo of it uploaded in the internet.
Re: Any photos of the Hurricane MKII-130 chopper assembly?
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 2:30 pm
by jerrylovessirens
Have you tried emailing the guys at ASC? They might have archival photos?
Re: Any photos of the Hurricane MKII-130 chopper assembly?
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 4:51 am
by Ziginox
Does this help? It's from our very own Matt/Blindsight, a long time ago.
What does the original MKII-130 chopper assembly really looks like? I'm aware that everyone here knows the what does a Hurricane chopper assembly looks like but the thing is, it's the assembly of the old square Hurricane 130 or mistakenly called as "MKI". The yellow one in Darien IL that was removed and sold at an auction in 2010 has videos of the chopper assembly uploaded in YouTube but that was not the original MKII-130 chopper, it was a re-used 130 / MKI chopper assembly which is exactly the same chopper found square Hurricane that was removed in Centralia, IL. ACA apparently produced MKII's with different chopper assemblies with the same port ratio. The original MKII-130 chopper, according to the ACA manual, has a 1 HP motor compared to the 130 (square horn/MKI) which has a 2 HP motor manufactured by Doerr.
It would be great if someone here has a photo of the original MKII-130 chopper assembly, there isn't a single photo of it uploaded in the internet.
The chopper in matt's hurricane was an original MKII chopper. The centralia chopper was still in the siren on the microwave tower at the time of that video being recorded. unless youre saying that darien had a chopper swap at some point, i dont think there was ever a different chopper design.
Re: Any photos of the Hurricane MKII-130 chopper assembly?
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2022 7:06 pm
by Someone22
This is the only photo I have that shows the chopper of a later model hurricane, earlier ones were straight vane and had a can style housing around the motor. It was in Garland TX. It is not my photo.
Re: Any photos of the Hurricane MKII-130 chopper assembly?
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2022 3:38 am
by TheMOCingBird
sirensandfirealarms wrote:
The chopper in matt's hurricane was an original MKII chopper. The centralia chopper was still in the siren on the microwave tower at the time of that video being recorded. unless youre saying that darien had a chopper swap at some point, i dont think there was ever a different chopper design.
The one in Matt's old siren was an original "MKI" fully enclosed chopper assembly, the MKII had a new assembly designed that was just two stators, rotors, and a motor in between. I own that Hurricane now, and it had a bunch of bolt holes filled in around the throats, so it definitely had swap at some point.
You can tell what chopper assembly the Hurricane used by the bolt placement. Four bolts around the bottom of the chopper tube means a MKI style 2hp assembly, you can see this in Luke's old siren and the La Crescent MKIIs. I think most of these had eyebolts as well. Four bolts around each throat is what you see for the MKII 1hp chopper assembly, like what is seen on the Milwaukee siren.
Re: Any photos of the Hurricane MKII-130 chopper assembly?
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2023 6:13 pm
by RamJett
this youtube video was uploaded 4 months ago and is a pretty good video of the chopper https://youtu.be/yRAfrHlGzB8
