James

scisssors, sticky and non-sticky velctro, twist ties, gaffer tape, super glue and I keep them in my TD.

Congrats! When do the purges begin?

Nice idea! I used chicago screws as well but glued the caps to the belt w/ e6000. I only glued the edges though, not the center. It's worked well so far but if it fails I think I'll use your duct tape idea. I too wanted to be able to remove the cartridge belt from the canvas for washing etc.

It is BUT it's too big even with that padding. The MKT is much smaller so I'm hoping for a snug fit.

A member of our garrison rocks out with the hip-hop trooper. ----- ------

If you need a tester just let me know ...

For those of us with a wireless mic the conduit on the left would help if it can wrap to the back (optionally) to connect to the tranciever. Not sure how that might connect with the mic, amp, mic tip speakers you're mentioning though. I haven't used mic tip speakers, but I have heard a good deal about feedback issues with them. I wonder if you want to make the innards specific to that audio setup or somewhat adapatable to others. For my part I can see getting just a kit of the panels and incorporating my own gear, though I don't think those fan chamers would hold the two squirrel fans I use (open to trying the ones you are using though I suppose).

Oh and this is all ABS? What material is the conduit?

It's really top notch man, very cool this.

oh holy crap Rob I'm having a freaking nergasm here.

That looks and sounds really good, any idea what type of camera it is?

This one seemes to be a good candidate, a little bulky though and I can't tell how much video it can record. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/751813-REG/Drift_SHD170_HD170_Stealth_Action_Camera.html

I like the mounting from Trooper Tim's cam, not the cam itself though only due to the cord and the DVR unit it attaches to. I think it's the VIO or something like that.

Have a troop coming up in March and I'd love to have a helmet camera for my TK (DeadCon horror / sci-fi con). What are you using? I think I want; - Audio - Remote to start / stop video - Remote to tag frames or take stills - up to 4 hours recording - water resitant (so I don't fry it if sweating) - Lightweight / compact - Ablity to add mic cable to get a mic on the outside of my suit Not sure about placement. Was thinking it coulf be placed in the corner of one eye of the TK for the real "trooper view" or possibly in the teeth. Other?

+1

I finally got my PTT working reliably by replacing it with a motorcycle PTT and now I may not use it at all. I forget to push the dang button half the time.

I've seen some posts about "throat mics" that you wear around you neck and don't seem to even need a bud near your mouth. That sounds like a great idea just haven't seen one in real life or had the opportuity to test one.

Meh, some crappy engineering on the battery compartment anyway. They have slides rather than sockets for the contacts so it's very easy to flip the battery. I found a replacement unit, smale model on ebay for $20 so I'm back in busines. I'll fart around with the tranciever I fried to see if I can fix it. Had a thought since they all use the same channel. if I can get it working again I might be able to get it out of it's case and mount the guts inside my e-ll so I can pipe my blaster sounds through my Akers. I'm still totally sold on NOT having to deal with that wire. It was a pain and it kept popping out on my last troop as seen here. I felt very tethered. I also like being able to pop the lid on and off with no fuss.-----------

As luck would have it apparently I will be going wired for my troop on Sat. The wireless transceiver is very sensitive to battery polarity and after having the 9v in backwards for all of 2 seconds it no longer works.

- I've no facial hair and pretty short hair on my head. I also wear balaclava so no chance of getting tangled. Also the fans don't have a lot of torque so even if you got a hair in there it's not going to suck you in or anything. You could always glue a little screen over the side to prevent hair creeping in there. - I'm interested in having speakers in the hovi's though I've heard feedback is a problem. - 1 speaker on the front AB plate. Plan to add a second in the backplate. - The hovi's do stick out which is why I capped them with the rubber stoppers for aesthetics. I could have cut them too, this is just the way I went and never tweaked it.

+1 - In the x-mas parade I would have been blind without them to prevent fogging.

Two fans, a wireless transceiver and the mic. I have only three issues with my helmet. 1. It's an FX. It just doesn't look right especially from the sides and back. I'm getting an MTK helmet to replace this one. 2. Being an FX it's huge! I have a pretty big head and even with the padding I still swim in the helmet. I intended to add a chinstrap before I decided to get a new lid. 3. The wireless unit in the back combined with the fact that I don't have a tight fit causes the helmet to want to tip back. I'm constantly adjusting it back down in front. If I were keeping this one I would add some lead washers to the aerator screws in front as a counter balance. My tips - The velcro holding the fans worked well as I ended up adjusting them further out so I can peek through the mouth when needed. Same for the mic, it is held on with velcro and 1st it's never budged, second if I had to I can adjust it. Turns out I got it dead right the first time and it's placement is perfect. The mic rests right up against my mouth. I created a ring of velcro around the inside of the lid. This is helpful but next time I'll use the other side of the velcro, the hooks. Those pads will attach directly to the hooks. ----------

Those are great images, is there a resource with a complete set of these pictures from the archives?

Here's the best I can find at the moment. I know the thighs were cut at the top, though the bottoms have no return edge and do not appear to be cut. The tops of the shins have zero return edge and do not appear cut at all.