Almost to the finished line
The suit is nearing completion now, I assembled the whole thing in IV configuration and checked airflow to the helmet and the cooling shirt I made. Using a thermal underwear shirt and about 10 meters of 3/16 inch plastic tubing. And some very careful stitching. It looks like a plumbers nightmare, but it really helps. I have a small pump used to cool a computer from my Mac modding days, a 750ml water container filled with cold H20. The water is pumped around the torso and down each arm then back to the container in a closed loop.
The air flow is provided by a blower pushing through a can filter then into the suit. The duct runs down under the left arm then up the back to the neckring where it meets the headrest/air duct on the helmet. There is a secondary duct in the front of the neckring that leads down and out the blue gas connector on the right side.
The suit is so insulating, in the past every time I would put the helmet on it would quickly fogg up. The cooling has really helped.
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