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 fan pack reboot with update. new pics added soon to be finished (pics page two)

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okay starting tomorrow I will be adding a fan/ rebreather to my armor. this will have two cpu fans and a 18v battery in it that will be on a switch to turn off and on, i will post the WIP starting tomorrow. the main idea for this is after testing my helmet out i found out that i fog up to much and it is hot. so add a intake and a outtake and you have fresh air moving with a cooling effect.

« Last Edit: Jan 06, 2013, 04:09 PM by Dha a'den » Logged
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Re: fan pack.....
« Reply #1 on: Oct 07, 2012, 01:13 AM »
The fog and heat problems are a constant battle too.  The heat problem is nearly impossible to really resolve without being in cold weather.  Any fans you put in there will help, but not a whole lot.  The idea of putting a larger more powerful fan in a backpack and then somehow piping the air into the bucket has been something I've seen a few try, but so far, to my knowledge, no one has reported success...  maybe you can be the first? 

However, it is very possible to solve the fog problem with the fans.  I did it by putting 2 small 12v computer fans inside my bucket each running off their own 9v battery.  I modified them to suck in fresh air from the outside through some vents I cut in the front of my bucket and blow across the visor.

Here are a couple pics of what I did:

Outside vents, cut into either side of the visor area of bucket front mid way down the "T"


Inside the bucket, the placement of the fans, batteries, and switches.



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Re: fan pack.....
« Reply #2 on: Oct 07, 2012, 02:14 PM »
i thought about that but my helmet is so custom that there is no room, i have a closed set up i will be putting together to day, I hope it will work. is there any issues with a cylinder on my back with hoses attached?? it will look like a breathing system?

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Re: fan pack WIP.....update!!!
« Reply #3 on: Oct 07, 2012, 04:24 PM »
okay here are the photos of the fan pack.







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Re: fan pack.wip....update with pics
« Reply #4 on: Oct 07, 2012, 08:21 PM »
I don't see why it couldn't look like a breather system.  Just dress it up a little with some greebs and it should be fine.   ;D

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He carried a BFG and wore heavy armor vest
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Especially when the prey did try to run!
Then one day the hutt called him to do a job,
Get a nasty little genosian thief named Bob!
Found and bound fast as a blink that little bug,
He got kriffed on the creds that big fat slug!
So I shot him.  With a proton torpedo." --Bazii

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Re: fan pack.wip....update with pics
« Reply #5 on: Oct 07, 2012, 10:13 PM »
cool that is what i thought. it just seems every thing i find for anything on the back is some what squared off, mine is a cylinder

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Re: fan pack.wip....update with pics
« Reply #6 on: Oct 09, 2012, 03:25 PM »
okay up date i will have to make a small change to the system but i think i have it right. air blows out hard and sucks air in very well. battery seems to last a long time. once i adjust the hose length i think i will have it right. more to come

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Re: fan pack.wip....update with pics
« Reply #7 on: Oct 10, 2012, 08:09 AM »
This is an interesting build.  I have thought about something similar, especially after the 4th or July parade this year!

I am very curious to see how this goes!   ;)

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Re: fan pack.wip....update with pics
« Reply #8 on: Oct 10, 2012, 08:18 AM »
okay from playing around with the fans i have now figured out how to get more air pressure into the hose, what one needs to do is make a funnel around the out-put fan, by doing this this will channel the airflow right into the hose. will be testing this on the weekend.

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Re: fan pack.wip....update
« Reply #9 on: Nov 05, 2012, 05:17 PM »
okay after trial and error i think i have the right fans now, all i need to do is put them in a casing and it is time to rock and roll. one the set up is complete i will post a how to

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Re: fan pack.wip....update with pics
« Reply #10 on: Nov 05, 2012, 07:59 PM »
great idea.

although, I still can't figure out where the cat food dispenser dish is going to fit in ???

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Re: fan pack.wip....update with pics
« Reply #11 on: Nov 05, 2012, 08:03 PM »
A mando has to eat you know  :laugh:

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Re: fan pack.wip....update with pics
« Reply #12 on: Dec 02, 2012, 12:02 AM »
okay total reboot on the Fan back pack. i decided to go and use this as my base now if any one knows what toys this is please let me know. I have had this toy since i was a kid and still don't know what it is. well here it is more pics t come with the build


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Re: fan pack reboot with update. more pics to come
« Reply #13 on: Dec 02, 2012, 08:35 PM »
unless that paint brush is absolutely huge, It looks like that toy is quite small.  You may be looking at having to add a bunch to make it look of a reasonable size as a pack.  What ever happened to your other pack idea?

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Get a nasty little genosian thief named Bob!
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He got kriffed on the creds that big fat slug!
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Re: fan pack reboot with update. more pics to come
« Reply #14 on: Dec 03, 2012, 08:37 AM »
grounding issues on the back if you look at the pic the back piece to my helmet is in the pic. it takes up a good part of my back. i will be adding two air flow pieces and two fans into the body. then attaching it to the back plate. one that is down the on off switches will be a belt clip and I will greebie them up.

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Re: fan pack reboot with update.
« Reply #15 on: Jan 06, 2013, 04:07 PM »
okay new update on the Fan back pack. I have finally got it working here are the pics i will be painting it soon. then attaching to the armor. the fans will pump air into the hose then to the mask.


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okay first layer of paint and a new pic. would have more but it is drying right now lol


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I like the look of that ;)

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okay everyone the fan pack worked great was with the people from VA at the Marscon. no fogging and it kept cool.

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Awesome. Know I know how to do it for mine.( my hair is too long for in-helmet fans)

 


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