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Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 10:30 AM UTC
I have a question about the devices that Legend has included in the cockpit of the MaxxPro model.

In one of Pascal Bausset's build pictures (by the way, Pascal you have done a wonderful job) I have highlighted the devices that are unknown to me.

Can anyone explain what they are ?



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Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 10:38 AM UTC
1 is the control joystick for the DVE thermal camera.

2. is the control and fault panel for the Fire Suppression system, but it should be painted gloss white. *Edited to fix my memory error*

3. that is another CREW system panel but Legends has it in the wrong place.
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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2012 - 09:11 AM UTC
Thank you for the explanation.

Now, if Legend put (3) in the wrong place, where should it be placed instead ?

I've found the picture below where, above the Fire Suppression System control unit, there is a device that looks similar to (3) in the Legend model; but, if I'm not wrong, this seems to be a radio since there is a mic connected to it.
Is this a different setup ?



One more question: I'd like to add headphones in the Maxx Pro that I'm building: is there a producer of 1/35 scale headphones that I could use ?
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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2012 - 09:48 AM UTC
Its not a radio.. Its a siren. Siren just like a fire truck or police car. I dont think they ALL had them, but I know mine did..
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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2012 - 10:02 AM UTC
Brian,
What was the siren used for?
That radio system is a Harris radio system. The sincgars is a communication system that is being phased out. As of right now there are no after market companies producing it which I find hard to believe. If someone did I'm sure it would be a hit.
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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2012 - 11:00 AM UTC

I need some more help in explaining/confirming what the highlighted items in the following pictures are



1 - sincgars antenna mounts
2 - BFT antenna
3 - satellite antenna ?
4 - ???
5 - ???
6 - ???





7 - antenna mount for what ???
8 - Duke antenna

Thanks for your help
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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2012 - 01:57 PM UTC
Okay, so some of your questions were already addressed. For the siren, my trucks did not have them. but that doesn't look like what the Legend part is, if it is what I think it is, it belongs above the TC's window.

1. Antennae mount, SINGARS/ASIP/Harris/whatever, they are just radio mounts, the antennae are determined by the radio type.

2. BFT Antennae

3. SATCOM Antennae (I think, could be wrong though)

4.Searchlight, also motorized and controlled via joystick inside.

5 and 6.DVE, this is the thermal camera I referenced earlier. It is on a motorized remote mount controlled by the joystick inside.

7. just another antenna mounting position.

8.DUKE antennae
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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2012 - 02:02 PM UTC
The head sets are Bose noise cancelling intercom head sets. They are connected at the rear via a padded metal band and it sits parallel to the back of your neck. They are fasted to your helmet via two Velcro bands that go over the top of your helmet and there is a microphone boom on the left side. In addition, they have a control box about a foot down the cord that is operated via a toggle switch. This switch turns on and off the noise cancelling, transmits, and turns off your radio feed. There are two types of boxes I've seen for these. In addition they have provision for batteries so you can quick disconnect them and dismount from the vehicle, though I never did that or saw anyone else do that.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 10:12 AM UTC

Thank you all for your answers and for sharing your knowledge.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 11:22 AM UTC
Most often we just turned them on in rotaries if there was any traffic. They sirens announced our presence, but usually it also stopped traffic in all directions when we were going through them. We usually only used them when we were moving Pax and not equipment, because we could just haul ass. Alot of units also had red and blue police lights in their grills or behind their windshields... i guess whatever worked to get us through traffic faster.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 12:34 PM UTC

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The head sets are Bose noise cancelling intercom head sets. They are connected at the rear via a padded metal band and it sits parallel to the back of your neck. They are fasted to your helmet via two Velcro bands that go over the top of your helmet and there is a microphone boom on the left side.


Did you guys do music? My driver duct-taped a set of iPod ear buds on to the boom mike of an extra headset. Crude but effective. To paraphrase Oddball, when we went out on the road we played music, very loud. It kind of... calmed us down.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 05:03 PM UTC

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The head sets are Bose noise cancelling intercom head sets. They are connected at the rear via a padded metal band and it sits parallel to the back of your neck. They are fasted to your helmet via two Velcro bands that go over the top of your helmet and there is a microphone boom on the left side.


Did you guys do music? My driver duct-taped a set of iPod ear buds on to the boom mike of an extra headset. Crude but effective. To paraphrase Oddball, when we went out on the road we played music, very loud. It kind of... calmed us down.


If you have extra headsets, you can cut the cord and splice a headphone jack into it allowing you to plug an iPod right into your coms.... We may or Maury not have played The Fobbit Song every time we rolled into FOB Ghazni...
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Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 05:00 AM UTC
When we were initially in Afghanistan, we made a hit in the town of Sharona. That was when we were using Tacomas. I had brought "the Knack" with me, so naturally "My Sharona" was blaring on the CD player as we rolled up.
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Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 10:36 AM UTC

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When we were initially in Afghanistan, we made a hit in the town of Sharona. That was when we were using Tacomas. I had brought "the Knack" with me, so naturally "My Sharona" was blaring on the CD player as we rolled up.
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Been there lately? There is a big FOB/airfield there now.
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Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 11:45 AM UTC

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If you have extra headsets, you can cut the cord and splice a headphone jack into it allowing you to plug an iPod right into your coms.... We may or Maury not have played The Fobbit Song every time we rolled into FOB Ghazni...


We weren't smart enough to splice the wires. Duct Tape was more our speed. The MATV is easier to hook music into. The Fobbit Song, fine choice. Our tradition was "Hey Ya" by Outkast when we rolled through the ECP.
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