Hey Bumper, how about marketing soaring hats with foams? Make mine
brown. I was just suggesting foam on the other helmet thread, sounds
like a simple solution to a serious risk.

Ramy

On Sep 13, 2:22 pm, "bumper" wrote:
I know of some bush pilots who wear helmets. I opted for the Amsafe air-bag
system when I bought my Husky, figuring it would provide better protection
overall, and be less hassle than a helmet.

I don't have headroom in the glider for a helmet. I do use 1/4" of Confor
(NASA, Tempur etc) foam in the top of my floppy terri hat. It helps keep my
bald noggin from bonking the canopy too hard in rotor and probably helps
protect the canopy too.

One might not think that just 1/4" of extra-firm Confor would do much, but
it does! You can test this by putting the Confor on concrete and then
hitting it with your fist. Hint - don't hit it as hard as you can - - makes
an amazing difference.

bumper

"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message

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Mark Dickson wrote:
Pretty much the only pilots that wear helmets are military
pilots, and that is probably due to the excessive g
they experience and the forces involved in ejecting.
Also for attaching sun visors, oxygen masks, headphones
and mics. Glider pilots definately do not need helmets;
not in the air anyway, maybe on the ground to protect
against walking into trailing edges.

I do know of one pilot that wears a helmet while wave flying. It looks
like a military jet pilot's helmet, including the darkened "goggle"
portion that covers the eyes. He does it for the warmth in normal wave
flying, for protection from the bright sun (he doesn't fly wave where I
fly!), to support the oxygen mask, to provide protection from a canopy
that shatters in the cold, and for protection from the wind and cold if he
has to bail out at high altitudes.

He doesn't have any problems with clearance to the canopy, but I think a
lot of pilots would.

I rarely fly above 18,000 in wave, but if I did it routinely, I'd consider
wearing a helmet.

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