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dcarter11(at)sbcglobal.ne
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 Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:25 pm Post subject: helmet issues |
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Someone else asked about scratching the canopy:
. . . If visor is down in front of you, then a piece of soft leather or
similar on top of helmet protects canopy.
. . . If visor is up, then it will contact canopy - so, one might want to
put a bit (1 foot square or diameter) of "cling plastic" on canopy above
where your head will be. Lots of folks already have sun barriers above
them, which would protect the plexi.
Brian, my helmet simply has a snap on each side for attaching the elastic
strap on the visor. I can unsnap the clear and snap on the colored visor
when needed. I use the clear most of the time, for bird protection, with
sunglasses underneath when needed, so don't really need the tinted visor.
In combat in 1967 up "north" in Package 6, one day I told myself the visor
was bulletproof - I no longer suffered anxiety rolling in on a heavily
defended tgt. Prior to that I worried a bit about a 37 or 57mm in the face.
Piece of cake after I put on my bullet proof visor. Now the biggest threat
is buzzards, snow geese, and other large "mm" birds. Visor is real
protection in event of a birdstrike, not just make believe.
I just had 3M tinted window film (thin sheet of plastic) on my windows on
the Gulf Coast last summer - makes the windows rather "hurricane proof".
The website tells of a company putting these films on windows of a mobile
home "office" at some petro-chemical plant construction site - 3 days or so
later, there was a big explosion - trailer was blown over on its side but
windows were intact.
. . . I'm going to consider experimenting with that stuff on the front part
of my RV-6 tip-up canopy for bird resistance.
Hey, we are on the "Lectric list" - Sorry for being "off topic". Will Cc:
the RV list.
David Carter
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flynlow(at)usaviator.net
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| Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:48 pm Post subject: helmet issues |
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My helmet is made out of soft leather. I don't get it.
Bud Silvers
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