ACA Hurricane 130 Tornado Siren Test Milwaukee, WI 3/11/09 Video #2
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- My second video of the ACA Hurricane 130 as tested on 3/11/09. The audio's not as good in this one due to an inferior camera (Canon Powershot A590) I set up the nice camera (Canon Powershot S5IS) on a tripod and used the lesser one to get closer to the siren, hoping to hear more of the roots blower. It didn't really make much difference, but it was incredibly cool to see the Hurricane operating up close. I apologize for my crappy camera work. I cant hold the damned thing still to save my life.
Siren starts at about 1:04
As with my first video, I wish to thank Archon2561 for finding this siren and allowing me to record it with him.
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This actually sounds sort of like a 2T22 to me, the sound has that multi tone warble.
I love how it’s called “Hurricane”
meanwhile WE DONT EVEN GET HURRICANES HERE LMFAO
Blower is happy and healthy sounding. I love the color of the siren. The only way to hear the blower is to get really close to it. But other than that it's quite impressive wish I could restore one of those myself and give it back to my community but it's looks complicated.
Nope, Archon found it, thank him. I was just as surprised as you that we had one in Milwaukee, let alone in decent shape and still in service.
He got a video and I got this one as well as better quality one in stereo, but we wouldn't have any of them if it weren't for Archon.
Yep. The blower kicks in pretty fast, and this one is set correctly to keep the blower on a few seconds after the chopper cuts out so there's a proper wind down.
10/12 was used way back when ACA (B&N) bought rotor/stator assemblies from Federal. They were the same as those used on the 500AT and made their way into Mobile Directos and some early Allertors. The vast majority of ACA's are 9/12 (Allertors, Banshees, Screamers, Penetrators), 8/12 (Superbanshees, P-50's, a very few rare Allertors) and 8 port single tone (a small number of Allertors, Penetrators, RM-127, now used on all ASC Tempest series). This Hurricane is 8/10.
we need more hurricane videos like this. great job
As of 2019 there are lots of ACA hurracane videos
Still going strong! Only the blower is cooked
@rhett443 This is the Pole Mounted blower, the earlier ones or the Square horned ones had bigger blowers that were the size of thunderbolt blowers.
im so glad milwaukee didnt replace the mobil directo, allertor, and the hurricane
The sole survivor
2:12 I like the wind down
If you listen after that you can hear the blower
Not even, that was yet another case of Federal's fudged ratings on their sirens. The maximum that those things ever put out was around 120-121dBC @ 100'. The biggest problem with them is that a lot of its sound potential is wasted by projecting past the disc and going straight to the ground. On the other hand, it does great for keeping ants from building their homes around a Thunderbeam's pole!
@RamFett 130 Decibels seems Loud to have no Ear Protection...is the Duration of the Siren Tests not Long Enough to cause Hearing Damage?
Nobody did until Archon found it a couple weeks ago. He deserves all our thanks.
Most Hurricanes did have a fast wind up
This is definitely a beast of a siren, 130dbs @100' is a very powerful siren. I would've wussed out!
Very interesting siren, that one's got an incredibly fast startup and fairly slow wind-down. Nice video!
And that's one awesome wind up! That blower sounds weird when it fires up. Nothing at all like the Thunderbolt.
@form109 Not very little, it's still pretty loud...I'd say less sound gets projected above and below within a certain radius. It also depends on the type of rotational siren. Hurricanes have long, narrow projectors and use air forced by a roots blower, so they likely have a more narrow path than a Penetrator for example. Thunderbolts seem to be the same way.
@form109 I was well below the projector's path, so I really doubt what I was receiving was anywhere near the full 130 decibels. And rotating sirens are even less of an issue, because you're only getting blasted maybe 20% of the time. In April I recorded a P-50 with non-functioning rotator, which was pointing directly at me, It sounded a three minute alert test, twenty seconds into it I plugged my ears with my fingers and kept them there until the wind-down. That one was at least 130 db.
WHERE IS THE BLOWER
In the big box on the side of the pole towards the bottom
I never liked the attack mode on these hurricane sirens, the best attack is a thunderbolt. My community used to have a SD-10 which also had a fairly nice attack mode.
Actually, no. I rarely wear ear protection for sirens. I think I was close and low enough to escape most of the harsh sound I would get if I were more level with the projector. I've been 3 times this distance from a P-50 testing and experienced ear pain. This wasn't so bad.
@RamFett so the Sound from the Siren is Projected mostly Out...and Very Little Above and Below the Projector?
siren starts at 1:04
You are quadren
What, a hypothetical battle? I can't decide, I've never heard a Thunderbolt in person from less than 3 miles away. I would tend to prefer ACA, though.
Were you Wearing Ear Protection when the Siren sounded?
So why are all the huracan videos of the one in millwake? How many are in that city?
There are two still active and likley in 5-7 years both will be gone...
@RamFett How Fast does the Hurricane Rotate?...it looks like about 4 Rpm?
I like its unique attack sound!!
There are two MK IIs in Darien, IL, and another in Greenville, TX. Not sure if any of them work still.
The yellow Darien Illinois hurracane was replaced and acquired by Matt (videoGamer24385) the channel is just called matt
The attack cycles kinda weird, might be b/c it winds back up so fast
Thank you.
Similar to a Thunderbolt's, but with an 8/10 port configuration.
It figures, there aren't that many to record.
It's right in the name. 130 decibels.
This has lower voltage
ah the over recorded hurricane.
There’s no such thing as an over recorded siren.
I mean the one in Darien IL is removed so this is the only working one in existence, yes there’s some in texas but it’s unknown if they still work
I love aca hurricanes!!!!
Didn’t they make a square horn one
yes
That's the blower starting up.
Beats the crap out of the 2001, too!
Thunderbolts vs ACA Hurricanes.
Is this not a Hurricane? And does it not produce 130 decibels? Take your technical nitpicking and shove it.
it is a hurricane a mk2 130
It’s a ACA hurracane 130 MKll
I'm sure there will be more now that everybody knows about this one.
i know, the guys got balls!
This is great too!
Indeed.
this is a 130 MKII
Awesome
alert stop at 2:10 attack stop at: 2:57
@form109 Nope. I rarely find it necessary.
This has a dead blower now 😞
Hopefully, Milwaukee EMA will give this siren a new blower instead of replacing it, is the siren still here
Yep.
very odd siren
more than that
a 130 is square horned
Seamus Greene not a SQUARE HORN THUNDERBOLT 1000 & 1003 HAS A SQUARE HORN u dumb
1:05
I make tornado siren videos to
10/12 i think
nope, 4/5.
This is a MKII one, the plain 130 is a square horned, GET IT RIGHT KID AND LOOK UP THE SIREN!!!!!!!!
DenverRailfanHD The names of them are the ACA Hurricane 130 MK I and the ACA Hurricane 130 MK II. My Dad is an ASC Employee, so don't try arguing with me because that is coming straight from ACA/ASC themselves
You are soo dumb the original Hurricane was just called ACA Hurricane 130 and the second one with the round horn was called ACA Hurricane MK II
Also, if you don't even know the right names for the sirens, I doubt that your dad works there.
No. Learn to spell.