Ed Haywood
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And wick moisture towards your skin.
Aviation PPE?
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And wick moisture towards your skin.
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It is possible to adjust your body temp during really hot weather wearing 3 layers of nomex and a nomex shirt and not sweat. Sometimes I would be strapped in and there is a delay on the track, They put a umbrella over me and I would be fine for 15-20 mins at a time. Get out of the car and take your coat off and 90°+ feels cool.
Never thought about wearing that stuff in our 172. lol During the hot summer, it's shorts, tie shirt and either sandals or flip flops to keep my feet cool.
Never thought about wearing that stuff in our 172. lol During the hot summer, it's shorts, tie shirt and either sandals or flip flops to keep my feet cool.
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Am I the only one imagining the presence of a helmet and awkwardness of an adult-onesie actually making it harder to exit a wreckage, thus actually increasing the fatality rate among those so-festooned?
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No you’re not the only one. Maybe a thinner helmet but a helmet used in auto and motorcycle racing would be a problem getting out in a hurry.
I have had a methanol fire (invisible)from the front mounted fuel tank after a arm broke and punctuated the fuel tank ignited from sparks from the front dragging on the track. I didn’t get burned very much but everything on the car burned including my fire suit. Fire suit Worth every penny they cost.
Ed Haywood
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Aerobatic flight helmets are made low profile. Head clearance under canopies are often limited.
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I'm picturing the Spaceball One worker getup. 
You'll never convince me it's otherwise.
You'll never convince me it's otherwise. 
They seem to lack protection in a couple key areas...
Roger Wilco
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True, and I wonder just how much practical protection they offer. Are you aware of any studies that examine the impact protection of those helmets?
Dana
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I'm in reminded of a story I heard, may or not be true, about a Marine sergeant in Vietnam. He was a gunner on a Huey who was scared of nothing... except getting his balls shot off, so he carried a manhole cover to sit on in the chopper.
The type of impact matters. Some years ago I was looking at helmets for paramotoring and ultralight flying. What I learned was that aviation helmets are designed differently from motorcycle helmets because the type of likely impact is different... if you drop a bike you're going to bounce and slide along the pavement, whereas in a plane the helmet is more for protection against sharp objects in the cockpit.
I ended up choosing a mountain biking helmet for paramotoring, and another helmet specifically made for ultralight flying. Both were considerably lighter than a motorcycle helmet.
Firesuits don't do much good if you're trapped in a burning compartment for more than a few seconds. This is why in addition to my full turnout gear including nomex hood and glove liners, we had self contained breathing appratus in the fire service. Even with that, you aren't going to survive a the 1500 degrees from an active burn very long (hopefully long enough to get some water involved to cool it down).