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BTC281 New member Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Annapolis, MD	Posted: Thu 21-Jun-2007 09:29    Post subject: Directional Aerodynic? I saw on Ebay a 10 rotator directional Aerodynic style lightbar. Up to this point, I had never heard of such a thing. The listing shows an older style directional head that accompanies the lightbar. I have a question about this head though. It states low warning or high warning. I don't see any supplemental lights in this thing, so wouldn't that be the same as saying on or off? Here is the listing numberon ebay: 280126330856
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bluelightspecial2800 Regular Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Posts: 798 Location: Wheatland, Iowa	Posted: Thu 21-Jun-2007 09:33    Post subject: I do believe that the Hi/Lo Warn position is to spin fast or slow. That is what I think not what I know. Ill call my buddy that has one of these in all blue.
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Ren� Foppes Frequent Poster Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 1679 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Posted: Thu 21-Jun-2007 09:44    Post subject: I've got one in amber, including controller. Not yet connected to eachother, not yet tested. I believe that on the Aerodynic Folder (somewhere to be found here) the different model25 versions were displayed on the back, including the traffic direction model.
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Wakko Contributing Member Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 813 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida	Posted: Thu 21-Jun-2007 16:28    Post subject: He's doin ok with it since he bought it for $60 a few weeks ago. Yes, hi/low indicates how fast it rotates. Interesting feedback he has... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&item=280112387304
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John Marcson Site founder Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 873 Location: Wood County, Ohio	Posted: Fri 22-Jun-2007 05:03    Post subject: cool Looked nice except for the cigar burns in the domes. Still a cool find.
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SirSpeeddry Regular Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 595 Location: haverhill Ma	Posted: Fri 22-Jun-2007 06:19    Post subject: so the rotars would spin and act like a traffic advisor?
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Wakko Contributing Member Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 813 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida	Posted: Fri 22-Jun-2007 09:27    Post subject: Yes. By reversing the polarity they'll spin the other way. I can't imagine it being all that effective, since people may not realize that the \"point of light\" is moving in a particular direction for a reason.
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ryan81986 Regular Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Posts: 803 Location: Boston, Massachusetts	Posted: Fri 22-Jun-2007 10:02    Post subject: Hell I have an LED arrowstick and half the time people dont know what the hell it means.
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bluelightspecial2800 Regular Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Posts: 798 Location: Wheatland, Iowa	Posted: Fri 22-Jun-2007 14:52    Post subject: Re: [quote:716b0052b8=\"ryan81986\"]Hell I have an LED arrowstick and half the time people dont know what the hell it means. You could have a glow in the dark fireman waving a blaze orange stick and people wouldnt know what it means.

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Posted: Fri 22-Jun-2007 22:01    Post subject:
uber cool. good find.

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Posted: Sat 23-Jun-2007 16:51    Post subject: Re:
[quote:c1e79111ed=\"Wakko\"]Yes. By reversing the polarity they'll spin the other way.

I don't think this is acurate, the metal base acts as ground and can be in contact with the car body via the mounts so in reversing polarity it would short out.
As far as I know the bar has an inside out pattern(burst) that is cut in half when the traffic adviser function is used (left or right half turned off) and hi/low would indicate the light power instead of the speed......

It is a very cool find in deed.
I have the same combo but haven't had the time to wire it up.


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Posted: Sun 24-Jun-2007 10:00    Post subject:
I just got one of these off a retired Highway Dept. truck, the exact same model and the controller is like new. It has solid amber domes, but they need a good cleaning up. The Hi/Low is for the lights like police-jimmy said, all it does is dim the lights when on low. It's pretty cool, only 5 lights worked on it when I powered it up but otherwise it works awesome. With all 10 halogen bulbs I'll bet this would drain a battery in no time! There's another one on ebay from the same seller, it's at over $270 right now. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Federal-Signal-Aerodynic-amber-10-light-RARE-SEQUENTIAL_W0QQitemZ280126330856QQihZ018QQcategoryZ6783QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Posted: Sun 23-Sep-2007 10:20    Post subject: Re:
[quote:d71b817501=\"ryan81986\"]Hell I have an LED arrowstick and half the time people dont know what the hell it means.

ROLF AMEN BROTHER! I had a Vector Bar with a SignalMaster on my patrol car, what a waste! Half the time guys forget to turn them off anyway! or their going in the wrong direction. Arrowbars are for the experts, THE AMBER GUYS! Back to top    URL k9vic
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Posted: Sat 29-Sep-2007 00:37    Post subject:
I have my 44\" four rotator Aerodynic setup to rotate from right to left looking at it from the back. This is because the most common used arrow pattern is right to left, so from the front it will flow from left to right. This can only be done with the older gear driven bars, these are the ones I like since the pattern is always the same. I would love to have that lightbar, but not for $300.

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Posted: Sat 29-Sep-2007 08:32    Post subject:
I really liked the S.A.F.E. Pattern. I think it stood for Synchronized Alert Flash Effect. The front rotated towards the center and the rear rotated away from the center, kinda like a center out pattern on an arrowstick. The idea was to warn people away from the emergency vehicle from the rear. The alternating pattern was pretty neat too. I would love an LAPD old style SAFE bar with the steady red and amber rear flashers.

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Posted: Sun 30-Sep-2007 10:22    Post subject:
Found a (possible?) video of the unit in question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBHh2sEgmzM&mode=user&search=

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Posted: Sun 30-Sep-2007 14:02    Post subject:
it's close, the one I have has no end lamps, instead there are 2 rotors more. But still a very good find.

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