SCCA HELMET UPDATE and other news!!!!

[tom91ita]

with regards to where the net has to be attached and/or fall. i fastened mine with clips top and bottom so that i can completely remove easily or just unclip from the bottom or top as the reference might seem if the car is upside down.

i think this is a good idea whichever H&NR you have/get.

[lateapex911]

I did the same

[callard]

Ditto

[Cobrar05]

i use a hutchens hybrid from safety solutions. it is sfi qualified. its a nascar and nhra approved device. its very much different than a HANS.

just wondering, how much of this push back against mandating a device is against the actual mandate and how much of it is a result of the ISAAC is not sfi approved therefore not available?

[Knestis]

... just wondering, how much of this push back against mandating a device is against the actual mandate and how much of it is a result of the ISAAC is not sfi approved therefore not available?

A very good question. Both are out there but my sense is that among the pusher-backers it's probably about an even split.

K

[tom91ita]

i bought the least expensive Isaac device shortly after the CRB (or was it BOD?) effectively adopted the position that they were "recommended" and not mandated.

then a few months later, the announcement was made they were to be mandated.

i have always maintained that if you want to dictate a level of performance (force on the neck, etc.), fine. but by specifying SFI 38.1, you are not allowing the best combo of performance.

and as Jake has noted, you should like likely upgrade the seat if you cannot use the Isaac.

[Knestis]

...and you should think long and hard about having both right AND left side interior nets at the point you've got a winged seat. This kind of example is at the root of my "we need to worry about the entire system" concern. We can't mandate individual pieces in isolation and expect that the result will actually *be* safer conditions for the drivers.

K

[gran racing]

Why do you need both nets for winged seats? You wouldn't need them for other seat types?

[Knestis]

In an offset hit, your noggin stretches out forward and sideways beyond the wings. If it snaps back into the end of - our beyond - the wings, you get perfect conditions for NSS (Noggin Separation Syndrome, aka basilar fracture of the skull). The side nets need to be tight to wing, to guide said noggin back into its comfy location.

K

[tom91ita]

i started a thread to discuss best ways to mount these side nets to get them tight:

https://improvedtouring.com...481#post315481