Accelerator

How do you guys put yours on? I have a DE car and I find it easiest to leave the whole thing assembled all the time. When I get in the car I lean to the right, slide the HANS on 90 degrees to the way it will end up, twist it 90 deg. into position, get my hands on both helmet straps and slide the helmet on (all while still leaning somewhat to the right for headliner clearance. For me, it's clumsy to try to attach a QD after the assembly is on, especially with a Chatter Box lurking nearby.

Gasser

I have a race car with full cage. I put mine on just like you do. I can get in and out with it on but its just easier for me to get everything else hooked up and buttoned down with out my helmet on. I have a routiene of closing my window net, seat belts, gloves, glasses, air cooling hose etc...

You just need to practice what works best for you and also on exit in case you need a speedy escape. Don't forget that part.

Jeff

richard glickel

I installed the sliding teathers and removed them and went back to the quick release teathers. Possibly because I have a halo seat, I noticed very little - if any - difference in head movement from side-to-side (it could also be that over three years, I'm just used to the non-sliders). I've still got the sliders and may try them again at the start of next season.

Richard

va122

I have a halo seat and couldn't see anything from side to site until i got the sliding teathers. From what i understand they are making sliding quick release teathers. can't wait for that.

Greg Smith

Remember the quick release tethers are length adjustable, you can lengthen them so many inches(I forget how many). The only time QR tethers hinder your view is if you spin off track and need to check for traffic before re-entering, or if you have a weird pit out lane and you need to check for traffic. They shouldn't hinder your forward view.

richard glickel

Personally, I find that annoying. Other than another thing to sell to me ("sucker"), I really can't see why the sliding/quick release couldn't have been offered last year.

Richard

richard glickel

Agree. At least, that's been my experience.

Richard

Rick

I've had both a light & a normal HANS...honestly, I could never tell the difference once I got into the car. On a somewhat related note, I was able to notice the difference when I went to a much lighter helmet.

I'm going to convert my HANS to sliding tethers this winter.

Rick

ApexPerformance

The SPORT HANS Device weighs less than a helmet. Once the driver is belted in and situated comfortably, the weight of the SPORT is distributed evenly and its weight is not a negative factor.

The PRO weighs roughly 1 lb., depending on size and model

The EXTRA weighs roughly 1 ½ lbs, depending on size and model

The SPORT weighs roughly 2 ¼ lbs depending on size and model.

Also, I believe HANS is supposed to be introducing new sliding tethers with the Quick Disconnect option but not sure when. The PRI show is coming up in December - maybe they will introduce them at that time. That's when they introduced the new Sport series last year.

Alan Herod

I also got mine before the 'heavy-weight' version was available. If you had to buy both helmet and Hahns at the same, I suggest putting the extra dollars into the helmet where the weight matters. My Hahns might as well weigh five pounds because I put at least that much force on my belts when pulling the shoulder harnesses tight.

Second part, I don't have the quick release tethers and have a halo seat. I put my helmet on and take it off in the car. I attach/detach the Hahns while the helmet is on. I loosen the shoulder harnesses a little so I can do that easily.

Don't delay -- Summit Point main -- early indications from the posting are serious brain injury similar to what happened to Dale Earnhardt.
http://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=647468
http://dorkiphus.net/porsche/showthread.php?t=18700

Janni

That is tragic. PLEASE be safe out there - racing, HPDE, time trials - the concrete does not know you are not "racing"....

I spoke with Hubbard Downing yesterday - they suggested that I wait until after 12/1 to order the sliding tether because of the new disconnect system that will be available at that time....

ltc

Does anyone know the level of safety equipment worn/installed at the time of the incident?

Likely an announcement/unveiling at PRI in Orlando?

Janni

I hope that the information about the level of safety equipment comes out - we all should learn from any tragedy. I make my comment as a general statement - there's LOTS of VERY fast DE'ers out there that are not that far off from race cars (some faster...) and have no real safety equipment. Hubby left DE to get a race car to INCREASE safety.

And yes - I suspect H-D will show new tethers at PRI.

SpeedBump

The HANS alone would probably not have saved Cale but possibly in conjunction with a HALO. It was more of a sideways movement when the rear passenger side hit the wall.

by the way one of the sponsors on the S2Ki site posted:
They are about to discontinue the Standard model and just have the low end and high end.

RedlineMan

Well...

1lb = 1G. 40g hit... 40lbs. Even though at some point that pound could make the difference as to whether something in the system failed or not (like the belts), I'm guessing that by that point it might be of little consequence.

Save the money on the fancy stuff and make sure you hire someone who knows how to set up your cockpit for proper HANS use. THAT is the only really difficult thing about it.