|
| Site Partners: | SpotterGuides | Veloce Books |
| Related Sites: | Your Link Here |
|
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
|
31 Mar 2010, 06:43 (Ref:2663967)
|
#26 | |||
 Race OfficialVeteran
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 11,142
  |
Quote:
|
|||
|
|
|
31 Mar 2010, 07:08 (Ref:2663975)
|
#27 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 6,807
|
Steady on John! That release was only dated 29/3...credit where credit's due for the MSA.
That means the latest batch of Snell 2005 won't expire for UK use until, ooh, 2020? £15 a year isn't bad value is it? Less than the cost of the latest superstar supporters' club cap. Mind you, I'm glad 2000 has another lease of life...means I don't need a new helmet for myself until I bite the HANS bullet. |
||
|
|
__________________
Midgetman - known as Max Tyler to the world. MaxAttaq!
|
|
6 Apr 2010, 17:26 (Ref:2667770)
|
#28 | |||
|
Racer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 254
|
Quote:
Come on people we all know they would be going out soon and I cant see a problem with 6 years notice!! |
|||
|
|
|
|
6 Apr 2010, 17:28 (Ref:2667773)
|
#29 | ||
|
Racer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 254
|
Oh and if its on there website you can hardly claim it was slipped out unannounced, and as midgetman points out you will probably find it in the latest issue of motorsport now.
|
||
|
|
|
|
12 Apr 2010, 07:45 (Ref:2671249)
|
#30 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 6,807
|
There's an interesting article article about F1 helmets on Autosport's web site at the mo. Contains some stuff I didn't know, like relative strengths of materials. Of course it's mainly pertinent to FIA 8860-2004 (the F1 standard) helmets but there is a particularly relevant discussion of flame retardancy.
Mods: Can I put the link up here? Max |
||
|
|
__________________
Midgetman - known as Max Tyler to the world. MaxAttaq!
|
|
12 Apr 2010, 10:36 (Ref:2671313)
|
#31 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: May 2000
Posts: 4,380
|
Of course you can, considering it's relevant to the thread!
|
||
|
|
__________________
This planet is mildly noted for its hoopy casinos.
|
|
12 Apr 2010, 21:27 (Ref:2671655)
|
#32 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 6,807
|
Good-oh, it's just that Grant had removed a link to another resource in another post so thought I'd ask. Well I thought this interesting:
http://www.autosport.com/features/article.php/id/2738 Particularly the bit about F/R helmets...I've had many people say "why don't they just make Nomex balaclavas compulsory, they're cheaper than helmets". I think this answers the question. |
||
|
|
__________________
Midgetman - known as Max Tyler to the world. MaxAttaq!
|
|
12 Apr 2010, 21:31 (Ref:2671656)
|
#33 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,074
|
Very interesting!
Pity, 'coz I don't subscribe to Autosport, and I can only read the first paragraph. Care to copy it into Word and post the result here, please? John |
||
|
|
|
|
13 Apr 2010, 12:42 (Ref:2671970)
|
#34 | |||
|
Race Official Veteran
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 11,142
|
Quote:
Last edited by Tim Falce; 13 Apr 2010 at 16:21. |
|||
|
|
|
|
13 Apr 2010, 20:41 (Ref:2672284)
|
#35 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 6,807
|
Which is why I asked originally.
Paraphrasing......carbon helmets *are* stronger than carbon/kevlar/GRP tri-composites but heavier, the latter fact I didn't realise. They do cost more to make, they *do* give more protection etc etc. Mfrs have upgraded their designs in the light of Massa's accident. Regarding the FR properties, helmet outers and inners need to keep temperature inside the helmet down to 70 deg C despite direct propane flame of 790 deg C being applied. So much for "Why can't we just wear a Nomex balaclava?". Oh and the article discusses helmet suck, but you'll have to pay the registration fees to find the saucier details...... |
||
|
|
__________________
Midgetman - known as Max Tyler to the world. MaxAttaq!
|
|
14 Apr 2010, 12:18 (Ref:2672607)
|
#36 | |||
|
Race Official Veteran
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 11,142
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
|
|
|
15 Apr 2010, 10:41 (Ref:2673065)
|
#37 | |||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,753
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
|
__________________
If, as Freddie Mercury claimed, fat bottomed girls make the rocking world go round, isn't it about time that Croydon received some recognition for its contribution to astrophysics?
|
|
15 Apr 2010, 17:45 (Ref:2673254)
|
#38 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,074
|
Mea culpa. I lead johnw astray.
Next time I'll ask him to pm me with the text! JohnD |
||
|
|
|
|
15 Apr 2010, 18:23 (Ref:2673277)
|
#39 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,753
|
Easily lead I'm afraid.
Next time I'll do that :-) |
||
|
|
__________________
If, as Freddie Mercury claimed, fat bottomed girls make the rocking world go round, isn't it about time that Croydon received some recognition for its contribution to astrophysics?
|
 |
| Tags |
| blue book |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| DMN and CANNONS MSA Driving standards regs | Alan Cherry | National & Club Racing | 3 | 19 Mar 2008 07:49 |
| Current RAC MSA circuit race helmet specs?? | Chris Wilson | Racers Forum | 14 | 28 Feb 2007 13:33 |
| MSA Regs | Chris_SLH | Racing Technology | 3 | 1 Dec 2004 23:11 |
| Recent link to MSA Medical regs/form | Manxcoastracing | Marshals Forum | 6 | 7 Jul 2004 09:40 |
| snell 95 / 2000 helmets | darcym | Racers Forum | 4 | 23 Oct 2003 12:38 |
Linear Mode
