Racer
Senior Member
- Joined
- Oct 9, 2006
- Messages
- 1,594
- Location
- Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
- Aircraft
- Air Command CLT N7512X
Since I have been bitten by this Gyro bug and cannot seem to shake it I cannot imagine not flying, not even for a few months during the winter so I just bought this new helmet and thought I would show it off.
This is a Snowmobile helmet that I saw at the Snow Show last week and I think it will work out good in an open air machine.
It is a Modular helmet which means the entire front part hinges up but what makes this helmet unique is it has a rubber mask that snaps into the helmet and totally covers your mouth and nose making fogged up visors a thing of the past. Your breath is vented out side vents on the helmet and you can also open and close vents in both the front and back of the helmet to get some air flow going through the helmet if needed.
I installed a Mic in the rubber face mask that I should work good there since it is protected and isolated from both wind and engine noise.
You can see in the pics there is a protective flap that covers the chin area, this is held into place by magnets sewn into the flap and into the helmet, that is just a cool idea, no snaps or straps or anything, just magnets.
Another thing I really liked about this helmet is under the clear visor is a tinted visor that slides down by means of the control knob at the top/center of the helmet, this tinted retractable inner visor works exactly like the Gentex military helicopter helmets, so you can change from clear to shaded while in flight.
This helmet is all the excuse I need to do a bunch of flying this weekend so I will let you know how it works out.
See Ya, Todd
This is a Snowmobile helmet that I saw at the Snow Show last week and I think it will work out good in an open air machine.
It is a Modular helmet which means the entire front part hinges up but what makes this helmet unique is it has a rubber mask that snaps into the helmet and totally covers your mouth and nose making fogged up visors a thing of the past. Your breath is vented out side vents on the helmet and you can also open and close vents in both the front and back of the helmet to get some air flow going through the helmet if needed.
I installed a Mic in the rubber face mask that I should work good there since it is protected and isolated from both wind and engine noise.
You can see in the pics there is a protective flap that covers the chin area, this is held into place by magnets sewn into the flap and into the helmet, that is just a cool idea, no snaps or straps or anything, just magnets.
Another thing I really liked about this helmet is under the clear visor is a tinted visor that slides down by means of the control knob at the top/center of the helmet, this tinted retractable inner visor works exactly like the Gentex military helicopter helmets, so you can change from clear to shaded while in flight.
This helmet is all the excuse I need to do a bunch of flying this weekend so I will let you know how it works out.
See Ya, Todd