No regular Test Schedule. I will see what I can do for a VIP Guest. I hope you post it on your channel I would like to Hear IT! I won't be there on Saturday but I will see what I can do.
@@fire48pw We came by today and someone was there to set it off. The museum was great! One of my favorite parts about the tour is how they show you where they loaded the Little Boy into the plane with the lift. I definitely hope to come by again when you're at the museum.
I just watched the other video with the siren shroud removed so I could see how the damper works. I read a description of it at the Air Raid Siren forum but it was nice to actually see what the mechanism looks like and how it works! Thank you for taking this video and sharing it!
im actually shocked that these do not have a damper and solenoid that is associated with a 3t22, but a damper that is a metal plate that blocks the intake and an electric motor that actuates it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HNSs3eXc8sA.html
I spent 30 days there in wooden huts playing war games with our F-16’s in the mid 80’s from Nellis AFB. never before had I felt isolated with casinos in plain view. Lots of historic things to check out. The pit where they rolled the bomb into so the B-29 could go over top to load it was really interesting. I love that old airfield. The hangars are a work of woodworking art. Last time I passed through there it looked like the airforce left those old huts there to rot.
Do you not know how to read video descriptions? I can teach you if you want. You seem new to RU-vid, and also slightly stupid. Click video description at the bottom of the video to bring up the description. I hope this helps you. You're welcome.
Yea it does. Spring tension has been by trial and error. The suction that is created by that Siren is very strong and does not want to release the Dampener. I think the old original control box had allot of relays in it. The Dampener motor is 3 phase so I am thinking that once the code went active it would revers the leads on the motor to make it turn in the other direction to help pull up the Dam[ener then rinse and repeat. I have drawn out the circuit and how to work the relays so that is on the list of things to do. That should give it a very crisp and precise control. I did see the original control box and it was rather large and had a lot of relays in it. Unfortunately some one decided it needed to be tossed made me darn near cry when I saw it was gone. It was in a nice sized pretty red box and it was in very good condition due to the fact it was inside the Alarm Room. It had real nice Federal Fedelco writing on it. I think I can come pretty close to reproduce it. I can just imagine all of those big contactores banging in and out. What a cool sound that would be. So that is my goal to get that back and banging away.
@Timofey Kozyrev If you look on his channel, Brent himself is the one that got this siren in working order. It's located at the Wendover Airfield Museum as a demonstrator.
For this one is indicated what sector of the Base to respond to. In cities is was like Alarm Boxes. It indicated where the Box was located so the Volunteer's knew where to respond to. Hope that helps.
Absolutely an excellent restoration. I should come see it. Im not sure of what the museum retains but the papers i have are impressive from an engineering point of view. Im a mechanical engineer, retired, Henderson, NV.
I think they would be interested in that paper work and have it in the Engine Bay with the Steamer on display. Interesting about you being a mechanical engineer. I had to have one do a complete analysis of the Boiler and it's design including it's burst pressure, metal type, and riveting. The first thing the State Of Utah did when they looked at it was they tried to find the ASME Plate. Of course they couldn't because it was built in 1902. The engineer that did the work told me that at that time, 1902 they were on the high end of steam technology. The estimated design of the boiler burst pressure was 600 lbs. That made the State happy so then they could determine what operating pressure to allow for it's operation. Turns out I was able to run it at factory specs for that time and i want to say it was 130 pounds. The boiler design was water tube for fast operation. I will check with the museum and see if they are interested in your paperwork if you would like me to.
Thank you. I was just a Kid growing up in the 60's and I loved to hear that Siren go off and tap out the codes so for me it has been a lifelong dream to restore it and hear it again in my old age.
