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Does anyone have any instructables or ideas on how to make my car sound like a Tie Fighter as I drive around? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm almost certain someone could build one of these that recreates the tie fighter sound. We need one of those YouTube makers with access to a metal 3d printer to design and build one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Can't 3d print exhaust components. However, I was wondering what various whistle tips inline would sound like. If each has a different size hole, perhaps they would have slightly different frequencies? The combination might be tie fighter'ish driving by.

Anyone know how the original sound was generated?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Can't 3d print exhaust components

Oh? Why not? Is there a structural or chemical reason metal deposition wouldn't hold up?

According to this article

...recalling the inspiration behind the TIE Fighters. "In World War II the super dive-bombers had an artificially created siren wail created by air ducts...They didn't serve any purpose except to create this noise, which would terrify people."

He turned to The Roots of Heaven, a 1958 adventure film...Burtt sampled the movie's elephant noises and slowed them down, but then he hit upon the idea of mixing them with the sound of cars on wet pavement.

So by making a car sound like a tie fighter which sounds like a car+elephant, we've gone full circle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You have the capability to 3d print metal?

I would think the multi-whistle tips would be kinda near an elephant. Not sure how to make the car sound like a car.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I mean I don't, that's why I was suggesting one of those YouTubers should make one for the content. iirc StuffMadeHere has used metal deposition for some of his parts.

I think it would be an interesting fluid dynamics challenge to construct a whistle that creates the specific air pressure pattern to match the tie fighter sound.

Another relevant whistle is the Aztec death whistle. This YouTuber 3d prints plastic reproductions of it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have an Aztec death whistle, and that would scare the hell out of people. Might be fun as a slip-on attachment of some sort.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I wonder if someone has already patented tailpipe whistles in general, or if designing for specific sounds would be a sufficient "improvement" to the concept. We could be rich!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

This YouTuber 3d prints plastic reproductions of it

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