In a message dated 12/5/2005 3:50:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, kturk@ala.net
writes:
The Seat industry has come up with a bunch of ways to protect the head, they
want to control it laterally as well as fore and aft... and like Tom Bryant
mentioned in an earlier post they are also focused on maintaining the
shoulders and body while the head is held relatively still. For those of us
with lakester and streamliner type cages... there are some lateral head
supports that have dual cushions. Basically these fit inside the roll cage
and are about a foot long and 4" high... the inside has a layer of soft foam
and then the major structure is harder foam attached to an aluminum plate (
.125 thick )... covered by nomex.... they said racers differ on how close they
like this to their helmet... but most agree that around 1" on each side seems
normal.
What are the manufacturers names ? Was there much of the Safety Industry
attending ?
I'd really like to get a good thread going on the driver compartment,
specifically HANS type devices,and what tomorrow's best devices are available.
What does The List think ?
Bob, Fragiler, W
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