Helmet modding

[BlueGrot]

Hi! I'm gonna make a presentation thread in the new members-subforum, but first I'd like to ask if anyone has ever modded the hovi mic tips to actually work as microphones? I'm probably gonna invest in a helmet first. I find myself quite handy with tools, and have rudimentary electronics skills + friends who can help, so I wanted to try to make a reasonably functioning. In canon the hovi mic tips are functioning speakers? I figured I'd do like others and have a chest mounted speaker pack, which can be combined with a battery pack to power the phantom power on a condenser mic in one of the hovi tips.

e.g.------ and power it with a rolls pb224, ---- This would then be connected to an preamp with earpiece. Either a cheap xlr preamp with 1/4" or 1/8" output or construct a circuit myself, simple preamps are easy.

 

Mounted inside the belt. Also figured I'd add some fans inside the helmet with a potentiometer for fan speed.

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[BlueGrot]

Gah! I'm a newb, searched and found out about the TKvox-kit, anyone use it? Thoughts? Seems like a outside mic plugged in a headset would be overkill when I think about it.

Edited December 10, 2010 by BlueGrot

[sskunky]

Your best IMO vox kit is the RomFX, ---- It's loud, clear and gives you the static clicks. Combine this with a pair of ---- and you'll have a great set up.....

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[BlueGrot]

Hey, that looks quite nice. Having an automatic static burst/click sound will bring tears to my eyes and a lump in my throat.

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

having both a mic for the outside world, and a pa for the trooper's voice? is that what you originally were thinking about?

[john danter]

Yes mate, I'm a massive advocate of it.

 

I don't like the 'tradional' in hovi solution as the speakers are too small.

I prefer to make a mod to the helemt and hovi mic tip so the speaker is actually behind the hovi

 

I sell the speakers and some nice vac formed caps to cover the speakers up too

 

 

Much better sound and way better at talking to the public than a speaker on your belt, chest isn't too bad, but in lid speakers are

[SoloDallas]

I've always though the the best looking and functional would be behind the vocoder black thing. Cutting through the vocoder - straight lines - would allow for a speaker placement, one like the one provided by the Rom/FX kit, as big as that one or a tad smaller. And place it in the vocoder hollow space.

I wonder why no one seems to have tried it?

[john danter]

Nice idea

 

Could be cos you're cutting into a visible part of the helmet?

 

Like the thought though...........

[BlueGrot]

having both a mic for the outside world, and a pa for the trooper's voice? is that what you originally were thinking about?

Yup, more or less just to add to the sensation of being in a teched up suit, as one would probably hear things pretty clearly.

[BlueGrot]

I've always though the the best looking and functional would be behind the vocoder black thing. Cutting through the vocoder - straight lines - would allow for a speaker placement, one like the one provided by the Rom/FX kit, as big as that one or a tad smaller. And place it in the vocoder hollow space.

I wonder why no one seems to have tried it?

Doesnt seem like a bad idea, cutting a grill in the vocoder piece, and then covering it with some fine black cloth from the inside.