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[Edit] Let me rephrase my question. I am only referring to a Star Wars scenario. Forget Earth. In the Clone wars tv show and movie, how could the Federation conquer a single planet? What would it take to control an entire planet?
OK, this is aimed at you military guys out there. I've been watching the Clone cartoon show and was thinking, what would it take to invade a planet? Figure most inhabital planets are gonna be Earth like. The shear size of a planet and a population in the billions would require a massive ground assault. If you look at just the Earth, the bigger countries have armies that have several million service men (includes support personel). I was thinking the only way you could really conquer a planet would be to have a space ship that had the fire power to destroy whole cities in a single shot. I just can't imagine any type of ground assault working. What do those with military knowledge think?
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any one know what stores sell Zap a Gap glue and Zip Kicker? Or is only available online? I googled but didn't see any stores that sell it.
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Nice work but you should really wear a mask when spray painting. There's a lot paint in the air that you are breathing in.
Watching the ear drilling and also the scoring parts made me think that some one needs to now make a parody video of you. Do you recall the Julia Childs Saturday Night Live parody where she cuts whole limbs off? So very funny. I think some one could do the same with you, drill a hand, score a finger off, etc. I'd do it but I don't own a video camera.
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Maybe I just had bad luck but I tried painting a pair of boots white and it was a disaster. The painting part went fine, however the paint job quickly cracked when I wore them and looked like crap. I was not able to touch them up at the point. If the boots are for a sandy then who cares but for a TK, it was waste. Not to mention you really need to make sure they fit properly under the shin armor.
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It is very important to look at the width at the top of the boot. CAboots fit really well under the shin piece because it has a narrow neck AND it has a tall neck. A lot of other boots are either wider or not as tall as the CAboots and will not fit properly under the shin piece. I had this problem when I bought a boot which look just fine once painted white, however it would not stay under the shin piece when I walked because it was slightly shorter than the CAboot. I was perhaps an inch shorter but that made a world of difference. I ended up buy a pair of CABoots. Boy this sucks that they are stop making them!
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Hey Mike,
You wanna post a couple photos that are very close shots of the teeth. I would like to see how much you cut out and can't tell from the photos you've posted. Thanks.
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A tip on identifying AP and TE2 helmets vs FX is that both AP and TE2 helmets are 3 piece kits where as FX is 5 pieces:
AP:
1. face plate
2. Cap-back are one piece
3. ears
FX
1. face plate
2. top cap
3. back
4. ears
5. vocoder
FYI RTMod come assembled so you cannot get a raw kit.
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I think adding a small heat sink to the amp would be a good idea, especially if you are driving two speakers in parallel as most of us are (much higher amp draw). Its hard to find one that small and so a small aluminum block could be used. Make sure you attach it with heat sink adhesive.
I've also doubled up the amps. I now have two of these amps in serial. I run the output of the first amp into the input of the second. This helps boost the overall volume with out having to over drive the amps. They will shut down if you over drive them and get hot. The heat sink should help with that as well, though I have not yet added them. With the heat sinks I might be able to go back to just one amp. I'll keep ya posted. I really like this amp setup. Its cheap, each kit is $15 plus shipping, and very easy to build.
I think the lack of volume is due to the tinny speakers in the hovi's. They just don't get that loud. Now when you test the helmet in a normal sized room with few people around it sounds fine, but in a large room full of people, volume becomes a problem.
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you should always use a resistor. I don't know about this specific mod show above, but make sure you are actually getting the 1.5 volts you need. I think most power mics require that much. I've seen some mods on the boards which are actually wrong and do not provide almost any voltage. Alas I don't recall which ones are wrong and which ones are right. FYI the power must be applied to the TIP of the input plug. You could just run the volt line directly from the input pad of the battery to the jack's tip line (using a resistor of course).
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For outdoor troops I find that if I pour ice water down my front and back on the under armor it really helps cool ya off. Great on hot days. So how many out door troops have you done in Vegas in direct sun light when its 100+???? And for how long??? We've had some troops last 4+ hours and that gets to be a lot when its hot.
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I get very hot during indoor troops (and if its hot out, out door troops as well). I've decided to buy a cool vest. Our local Darth Vader uses this brand. I ordered their lite version hoping it fits tighter. Anyone else try one of these under their armor? Yes I use summer weight under armor when its hot out. I have fans and vent holes in my helmet.
http://www.coolsport.net
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You can buy the amp from this link. They also have many other neat kits including voice changers. I have not used any other their other kits, just this amp.
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if that is your idea of an "out of box" fix then I don't wanna see what you consider hard work:)) You have way too much free time, you should get a hobby:)) Nice work. You plan on trooping with this helmet at some point? And more importantly, I recall you showing us how you can remove the mouth and drink beer while keeping the helmet on. Looks like you sealed it so no more drinking with the helmet on:(
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here is a link that shows my setup.
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you can also view my amp specific thread in this section as well (though the amp has nothing to do with the static burst. The Push To Talk mic I have makes the click sound for real so no need to fake it. I think its just like the sound in the film if you listen to the clean TKs
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I've been told often that clean TKs do not have static burst. However, I was watching ANH this past weekend and the TK who stuns Leia at the beginning of the movie clearly has a static burst (or clicking) after he says "set for stun".
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I was driving to the grocery store today in Edmonds, WA and saw this posted outside some church there...no joke:
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Edit March 7, 2009] I think adding a small heat sink to the amp would be a good idea, especially if you are driving two speakers in parallel as most of us are (much higher amp draw). Its hard to find one that small and so a small aluminum block could be used. Make sure you attach it with heat sink adhesive.
[Edit March 1, 2009] You can buy the amp from this link. They also have many other neat kits including voice changers. I have not used any other their other kits, just this amp.
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[Edit Feb 28, 2009] After some use with this amp and my throat mic, I think that the amp is clipping the signal at high volumes. I need the high volumes so you can hear me. I think I will have to add a secondary amp to boost the signal so I can reduce the output of the first amp and stop the clipping. Unfortunately the next sized amp chip I could use with this board requires too much voltage (around 18v) and I cannot provide that much power in my helmet.
I recently built this kit for my TK helmet. I replaced the LM386-1 amp that comes with it with a LM386-3 amp. It has more output power. The -1 amp is not powerful enough. Using the -3 amp it works really well and is much smaller then the Radio Shack amp. It comes with all the parts you need except for input, output, and power lines. You decide how you want to wire those. For instance I ran wires to 2.5mm panel mount jacks for both the input and output lines. I ran wires from my helmet battery pack to the board for power. You can power it with a 9 volt battery. It has a red LED power indicator but its optional. You don't have to add it if you don't want to (conserve power). Its easy to solder together. I bought the LM386-3 amp from Digi-Key.
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Here is a photo showing the Radio Shack amp (on left) and this new amp on the right.
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I found that I had to cut mine out in back as well as shorten the shin pieces by trimming the bottoms. I wear AP which is perfect if you are 5'!11" but being 5'7" I needed to shorten them as well as trim the back top area.
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the big question is have you trooped with this liner? that is the real test.
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I would imagine you guys must wear the ice vests as well under your armor. Our Vader wears them to keep cool. He gets about 2 hours out of the ice pack before they need recharging.
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has anyone used any type of ice pack in their helmets to help stay cool on those really hot days?
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Doug nice photo, cool effects. I have photo shop but no idea how one would do that.
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I'm guessing that if you want to install an amp and speaker in your chest plate you would be better off with the radio shack amp. You can remove it from its box to reduce its size some. I'm a big fan of industrial velcro. It holds up well. Just use a really big piece. You may also want to look at some of the other amps around such as romfx, etc. If you go sandy you could hide that amp of yours in a pouch.
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Looking at your photo, it looks like you could lower your two drop boxes just a touch. They seem to me up against the belt with no air gap. I also see a piece of black material sticking out under your chest plate. I'm not sure if that's your black clothing or a strap. What kind of black suit did the armor come with? Or did it not come with a black suit? Most of us wear Under Armor or a similar brand. I highly recommend the summer weight. These suits get very hot when worn in doors. If you plan on going to a big ball this spring you will want to try wearing the armor for an extended amount of time in your house. I would expect you will get a lot of fogging on your lens. The hotter you get the more fogging will happen. Many of us mount fans in our helmets but I don't know if I would bother since the rubbies helmet is not very good. I'm guessing that you'll have the helmet off a lot at the party just so you can see where you are going and so people can hear you talking, eating, and drinking, etc. Oh, big thing to work out is going to the bathroom. Its very difficult to take a leak in armor and its best to get a little practice in before you go to a big party.
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Let me rephrase my question. I am only referring to a Star Wars scenario. Forget Earth. In the Clone wars tv show and movie, how could the Federation conquer a single planet? What would it take to control an entire planet?