Yeah it is true. Not to mention even the Thunderbolt is better as some of those can work very well without maintenance for a while. The one that used to be atop Fratt elementary school in Racine, WI is a good example. They stopped maintaining it since ECS took over and it went off reliably every time without ANY signs of mechanical issues. It was also very loud, providing good coverage. Thunderbolt blowers also don’t break down as much as they have a much more simple design
Darien used to have another Hurricane until 2010, when it's blower literally exploded. There are some early 2000 recordings of it, alongside an audio recording. They seemed to suffer from rotator failures as well, as shown by the few videos of the Garland Hurricane (though I think the person who filmed the La Crescente Hurricanes said they were deliberately welded in place, but I can't exactly remember.)
Pretty much every failure in hurricanes is due to lack of maintenance in the blower. If properly maintained and oiled, a hurricane will last just as long as a thunderbolt. The Dairen hurricane glitch was caused by the chopper contractor not pulling in, possibly because it got stuck. that’s entirely a controls issue, nothing mechanically went wrong. However the blower on the Dairen hurricane I believe was still failing.
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I would say the average lifespan of an ACA hurricane would be around 10-15 years.
Milwaukee...
Yeah it is true. Not to mention even the Thunderbolt is better as some of those can work very well without maintenance for a while. The one that used to be atop Fratt elementary school in Racine, WI is a good example. They stopped maintaining it since ECS took over and it went off reliably every time without ANY signs of mechanical issues. It was also very loud, providing good coverage. Thunderbolt blowers also don’t break down as much as they have a much more simple design
they were also designed by a company that specialises in making blowers. ACA just made their blowers themselves
Darien used to have another Hurricane until 2010, when it's blower literally exploded. There are some early 2000 recordings of it, alongside an audio recording. They seemed to suffer from rotator failures as well, as shown by the few videos of the Garland Hurricane (though I think the person who filmed the La Crescente Hurricanes said they were deliberately welded in place, but I can't exactly remember.)
this is awesome!
at 0:40 that is not a blower glitch it is a chopper that is brooken
Yeah, I don't get why people call it a "blower glitch" while it is clearly the chopper that activates late.
The belt is worn and is slipping not the chopper
ACA Hurricanes are very complicated and thus expensive. And with more parts in a siren, there is a higer chance something will break.
Hurricane blowers suck
Cool!
Where did the Milwaukee video with no blower come from?
Pretty much every failure in hurricanes is due to lack of maintenance in the blower. If properly maintained and oiled, a hurricane will last just as long as a thunderbolt. The Dairen hurricane glitch was caused by the chopper contractor not pulling in, possibly because it got stuck. that’s entirely a controls issue, nothing mechanically went wrong. However the blower on the Dairen hurricane I believe was still failing.
Ayo wait
Darien il the aca hurricane mkii year 1981
It was made in '71 i belive
Ya by the time the 80’s came around the P-50 replaced the hurricane.
@@ACAFan101 Yeah, and it rolled on until 1998, when the company died out.
Because they were terrible sirens. They were junk.