Boy, the next time we invade a country, I'm sure they'll really be throwing flowers and candy at a bunch of helmeted storm troopers.

"Are you looking at my clock?"

I see some pretty big gaps at the joints, but it's a great start.

The fans make a lot of noise too, might be good while in the field, but would suck in doing house sweeps.

When he said he had something illegal that could take out 40 people, I figured it was a miniature Chuck Norris built into the arm pouch.

That's the best darn nine dollar haircut I ever did see.

OK, the damn fan in the helmet is NOT going to help in 120deg heat... blowing 120deg heat on your face is like baking it in a convection oven - it makes you hotter, faster.

You need to cool the air below body temperature before it can actually cool you off. Duh.

I love that he named it after something he will NEVER PUT ON.

/Someone get him a guy to do names for him
//Needs to be clockpunched.

aboot. heh heh.

Throw a gallon or two of petrol on him strike a match... let's see how Troy-boy handles that!

/fights dirty

something named trojan that provides protection? BRILLIANT!

Troy acts like a bit of a nutjob, but so are all lone inventor types.
He's actually a quite clever guy.
He's developed a few anti kinds of anti-ballistic armor and heat-shields.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Hurtubise

His younger brother is serving with the Canadian forces, his inspiration for defending troops in hostile places.

Foam stops bullets these days? I bet that black paint rocks in the desert too.

Has to be said again, I'm glad the Canucks are on our side. They're crazy, but the kind of people who always have our back.

Well if you dont mind the enemy dying of laughter, I'd sure it will help alot.. *hugh laughter*.

We can barely put kevlar vests on our infantry now. Suits like these would be MUCH more likely to be put to use by SWAT teams and the like. I have the feeling that your average Marine or Green Baret or SEAL would not like the restrictive nature of this suit, and we sure as hell can't afford to give it to infantry.

Looks like a GWAR member. And aren't chemical weapons illegal?

That was the dumbest thing I've seen in a very long time. A high speed fan in your helmet? Great.... I don't want to be able to actually HEAR what's going on around me...

The crotchclock pretty much put it over the top, as well.

CROTCHCLOCK! CROTCHCLOCK!

Why the hell did he put the crotch clock in the suit? I understand the concept of timing, but a heads-up display inside the helmet, or even a small digital clock just inside your field of vision would be much better.

Can you imagine trying to tell your superior officer that you were wounded in battle because you were too busy looking at your crotch?

The thing may look like it was pieced together by some Hollywood sci-fi/action movie costume designer on crack, but if you've seen the videos of this guy's Bear Suit in action, you won't be so quick to dismiss this.

I love that he named it after something he will NEVER PUT ON.

/Someone get him a guy to do names for him
//Needs to be clockpunched.

Going for the easy jokes does not make you a creative person. A more erudite person would note that since his first name is Troy, the Trojan name seems appropriate.

not not

Who's there?

He's got some good ideas, like the "bear spray" on the arm and the laser finder mounted on the helmet, but most of that suit is ridiculous. A fan mounted on the helmet to cool the wearer sounds nice, but would give away position and make it harder for the wearer to hear. I wish they had shown a comparison of a regular infantry soldier with combat load and someone in that get-up running around and seeing who had more mobility.

/mobility often saves your life in combat

Some of the new vests are really impressive, but they're not on the production line yet.

In part, he's right, in that if you want full protection, you've got to go all out. Mind you, his suit has got way too many angles to catch shrapnel, because he's trying to be dramatic.

There are some nice elements--laser designator in the helmet, enclosed helmet for full face protection, an attempt at cooling, but it's going to have to go full out, and the weight considerations for coolant system on top of other equipment, is daunting still. And there's the whole getting around quickly task.

Integrated weapons, not a bad idea, but pepper spray? Awful lot of chance of getting your own boys that way.

While he's got some ideas, there are some more practical armor solutions coming up--and they're really good, and much more practical. You do want joint protection, you do want good head protection, but this thing isn't as practical as he's hoping. But, it's a start.

During the interview with the helmet, what I thought was 'Aim for the exposed neck'.

LondonerDan

During the interview with the helmet, what I thought was 'Aim for the exposed neck'.

That's a pretty small target so it would be hard to hit unless he was just standing there.

Giving an interview perhaps.

There's no way any spray is going to stop '30 insurgents with machetes' if it only sprays 3 feet, and if I'm in the middle of a battle I want to be able to see what's happening beside me too; it doesn't look like you'd be able to see sweet fark all through that helmet.

Nice concept, needs work.

Why would any military want these? It's cheaper to bury a soldier than to outfit him with that.

A well-timed IED can blow someone's head right off their body, stupid looking helmet and all.

/I wonder if when the fans are on, it makes you sound more like Darth Vader...

Think of it like a concept car SpacePunk. It has the ideas and it won't ever go into production like that but that isn't the point. This is his way of illustrating what he THINKS a suit like that should do.

Anyone wanna bet that you wouldn't be able to look through the sights on your weapon when wearing that?

Assploding Sammich: Anyone wanna bet that you wouldn't be able to look through the sights on your weapon when wearing that?


Yeah, but who needs to with a frickin' laser on your head? Da-yum, the only thing better were if you were a shark! Just point your head and call in a nuclear strike!!

Oh my god, that's duct tape on his fingers!

That stuff really can do anything.

at 3:59

This sucks. A few months ago Google Video was blocked at work, and Youtube wasn't. Now it's the other way around. I can go to Google Video, but not Youtube. What sucks even more is the fact that half of Google Video's links are Youtube links now. When sucks even more than that is the fact that I'm posting on Fark on farking Saturday.

Hasn't anyone read Starship Troopers by Heinlein? READ not seen the movie? Fully powered exoskeletons with jump jets, tactical nukes, all kinds of fun things. Hear that, Troy? Powered armor. That's what you need to do.

I wonder how the suit would do when facing that BFG megasniper thing linked to the other day

Felix thinks that suit is missing something.

Oh yeah, a BIG F*CKING GUN!

Some of the new vests are really impressive, but they're not on the production line yet.

In part, he's right, in that if you want full protection, you've got to go all out. Mind you, his suit has got way too many angles to catch shrapnel, because he's trying to be dramatic.

There are some nice elements--laser designator in the helmet, enclosed helmet for full face protection, an attempt at cooling, but it's going to have to go full out, and the weight considerations for coolant system on top of other equipment, is daunting still. And there's the whole getting around quickly task.

Integrated weapons, not a bad idea, but pepper spray? Awful lot of chance of getting your own boys that way.

While he's got some ideas, there are some more practical armor solutions coming up--and they're really good, and much more practical. You do want joint protection, you do want good head protection, but this thing isn't as practical as he's hoping. But, it's a start.

Also, if it's too complex, it's virtually impossible to dig you out in case you ARE injured. If I took some not-immediately-fatal shrapnel in the armpit in that getup, I'd hate to think how long it would take the corpsman to get me out of it so he could actually treat me.

/In the battle of warhead vs. armor, the warhead usually wins
//just sayin'

LesserEvil

It will cool you no matter what the temperature as long as you're sweating under that helmet- and you most likely will be. It probably won't be comfortable and it probably won't be that efficient, but it will cool you to some degree, maybe 119. Bah dum chee.

/Ever been sweaty and move in front of a fan?

DaseinDada: Hasn't anyone read Starship Troopers by Heinlein? READ not seen the movie? Fully powered exoskeletons with jump jets, tactical nukes, all kinds of fun things. Hear that, Troy? Powered armor. That's what you need to do.


I second that... I'm actually reading that book right now, for the first time (lull between new military sci-fi books, so I'm catching up on some classics). It's amazing how the story isn't dated one bit; the sociological/politcal commentary is pretty much on spot, too (having served in the Marines, post-draft). That man was WAY ahead of his time.

needs some more work, but a good start. I bet the military could take that and make it 100% better. (the helmet needs the most work).

I would imagine a visable range laser pointer on your head when under sniper fire would not be the thing that you would want to have...

Soldier 1: Where's the sniper?!!!

Soldier 2: (gesturing w/ head) Up there on th.. *SNAP!*

That guy could invent a perpetual motion machine, solve world hunger and split the atom in his garage and I'll still laugh at the way he says 'aboot'. I'm childish that way.

Gramb0: It will cool you no matter what the temperature as long as you're sweating under that helmet- and you most likely will be. It probably won't be comfortable and it probably won't be that efficient, but it will cool you to some degree, maybe 119. Bah dum chee.

/Ever been sweaty and move in front of a fan?

Erm, unless you have figured out how to change the laws of thermodynamics, I don't think so.

From a site regarding heat waves(p):

Electric fans may provide comfort, but when the temperature is in the high 90s, fans will not prevent heat-related illness.

Sweat works when the air temperature is low enough to carry off the heat (because thermodynamics means temperatures want to equalize). When the air temperature is hotter than your body temperature, where do you think the heat goes? Does it magically disappear?

His system needs some sort of refridgerant (i.e. A/C) or thermoelectric device to cool the air into the helmet.

But can it stops a .50 round?

"Brass can't even spell 'war'" Yeah, this'll get adopted *real* quick.

I've seen more footage of this guy somewhere, his 2nd grizzly suit was mode of some farked up mixture of spiderweb and fiberglass among others I cat remember. I doubt he's sticking to foam and rubber.
Not to mention he does go kinda hard on himself and his suits . I've seen him take close to 20 rounds at 10 feet with a shotgun.

LesserEvil: Sweat works when the air temperature is low enough to carry off the heat (because thermodynamics means temperatures want to equalize). When the air temperature is hotter than your body temperature, where do you think the heat goes? Does it magically disappear?

It's called evaporation during a phase change, you dildo.

This is a good start, there are some pretty good ideas without too much hi-tech (breakable) stuff.

The helmet needs an upgrade, heads up, radio, but the laser is a good idea. If my job was to guard the president of Iraq, I would want one of these, except in white.

The US needs to stop invading hot countries.