Seeking head rest for ASW-20C - or a cheap chiropracter : )

Originally Posted by Dan Colton

I love my ASW-20C but one thing is missing. A baby soft fuzzy headreast to lean into against those full-rack black-out pull ups, and barf your guts red-out push overs. I need one of those soft lams wool pillows attached to a decent frame to configure the perfect head rest. Does anyone has a lead? Is anyone selling a damaged ASW-20 for parts and has a great headres. Is anyone a lexus parking lot attendant and has access to ..... I won't tell..

DC

Until you find the perfect headrest roll up a piece of memory foam. Works for me .

I made a headrest once by stitching together two wash cloths and stuffed
the pillow with foam.Â* Wasn't the greatest looking, but worked great!

Or you could swap that '20 for an LS-6.

On 7/18/2019 3:38 AM, Delta8 wrote:
Dan Colton;995156 Wrote:
I love my ASW-20C but one thing is missing. A baby soft fuzzy headreast
to lean into against those full-rack black-out pull ups, and barf your
guts red-out push overs. I need one of those soft lams wool pillows
attached to a decent frame to configure the perfect head rest. Does
anyone has a lead? Is anyone selling a damaged ASW-20 for parts and has
a great headres. Is anyone a lexus parking lot attendant and has
access to ..... I won't tell..

DC
Until you find the perfect headrest roll up a piece of memory foam.
Works for me .





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Dan, 5J

On Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 8:43:08 AM UTC-4, Delta8 wrote:
Dan Colton;995156 Wrote:
I love my ASW-20C but one thing is missing. A baby soft fuzzy headreast
to lean into against those full-rack black-out pull ups, and barf your
guts red-out push overs. I need one of those soft lams wool pillows
attached to a decent frame to configure the perfect head rest. Does
anyone has a lead? Is anyone selling a damaged ASW-20 for parts and has
a great headres. Is anyone a lexus parking lot attendant and has
access to ..... I won't tell..

DC

Until you find the perfect headrest roll up a piece of memory foam.
Works for me .




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Delta8

The issue with memory foam is it gets very hard at cold temps. But you don't want to use something bouncy that will cause your head to rebound if you crash. I'm using some foam (type unknown) that seems to absorb some energy but isn't so cold sensitive. Memory foam works great for seat cushions because our body heat keeps it warm Not the same for headrests.

Chip Bearden

On Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 2:33:15 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 8:43:08 AM UTC-4, Delta8 wrote:
Dan Colton;995156 Wrote:
I love my ASW-20C but one thing is missing. A baby soft fuzzy headreast
to lean into against those full-rack black-out pull ups, and barf your
guts red-out push overs. I need one of those soft lams wool pillows
attached to a decent frame to configure the perfect head rest. Does
anyone has a lead? Is anyone selling a damaged ASW-20 for parts and has
a great headres. Is anyone a lexus parking lot attendant and has
access to ..... I won't tell..

DC

Until you find the perfect headrest roll up a piece of memory foam.
Works for me .




--
Delta8

The issue with memory foam is it gets very hard at cold temps. But you don't want to use something bouncy that will cause your head to rebound if you crash. I'm using some foam (type unknown) that seems to absorb some energy but isn't so cold sensitive. Memory foam works great for seat cushions because our body heat keeps it warm Not the same for headrests.

Chip Bearden

Weren't the ASW20C headrests a Mercedes part?
Jim

What is the purpose of that headrest anyway? I have flown without headrest for years, but I just purchased an LS8 with a nice soft headrest. I have four flights so far, and other than leaning my head way back to touch the head rest a time or two, I have no idea that it’s been there. Am I missing something? Or is it just to prevent whiplash caused by aggressive winch drivers?

It’s for the brief nap when you have glide on home 75 miles out.

Or to prevent the crap in the baggage compartment from hitting you in the head in turbulence or a rough landing.

wrote on 8/18/2019 12:07 AM:
It’s for the brief nap when you have glide on home 75 miles out.

Or to prevent the crap in the baggage compartment from hitting you in the head in turbulence or a rough landing.

I can't remember if it was Gerhard Waibel or Martin Heide at Schleicher that told
me the headrest in their gliders was there to protect the head and neck in a
crash; without it, the pilot's head can snap backward in some situations.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm

http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/...anes-2014A.pdf

On Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 11:01:29 PM UTC-4, wrote:
What is the purpose of that headrest anyway? ...Am I missing something?

Same as in your car:
Headrest is to prevent whiplash injury after forward impact.

Hmmm .... every case of whiplash I treated over the years followed a vehicle rear end impact where the recipient occupant's head went back then whiplashed forward. Of course they were all relatively minor injuries since all cars have head restraints nowadays that absorb some of the energy and also limit the initial backwards extension of the neck.

If you want to protect your neck in a glider front end impact you would need something like an F1 style HANS device - although in a typical glider serious accident there is little point given the likely state of the rest of your body.

On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 4:42:44 AM UTC-4, wrote:
Hmmm .... every case of whiplash I treated over the years followed a
vehicle rear end impact where the recipient occupant's head went
back then whiplashed forward....

Right, injury would be more common in a car from a rear-end hit,
in a glider the headrest is to prevent injury on the rebound.
Or so it was explained to me...