Just invested in my future - HANS
#16
Woah... That may be the understatement of the year. Glad you are OK!
Question: Does the HANS not stop sideways motion of the head/helmet ? I thought the tethers will also limit head/helmet turning. I guess your body slid sideways on impact(s) and the fracture was caused by your head rotating in the horizontal plane (ie, ear towards shoulder) ? Not trying to make you re-live this (sorry ), just trying to understand what it protects and what it does not. Maybe i do not understand the HANS ..
Question: Does the HANS not stop sideways motion of the head/helmet ? I thought the tethers will also limit head/helmet turning. I guess your body slid sideways on impact(s) and the fracture was caused by your head rotating in the horizontal plane (ie, ear towards shoulder) ? Not trying to make you re-live this (sorry ), just trying to understand what it protects and what it does not. Maybe i do not understand the HANS ..
I just remember the impact was loud as **** and after I walked off the track I was having an odd feeling when I tried to swallow. That's when I sat down in a spectators car and he held my neck til the EMT got there.
I fractured both of my facets on C2 which are the rear wishbone shaped extensions that surround the spinal cord. They are not that functional in general, and sometimes are removed completely in patients with chronic disc pain and inflammation
I think HANS is designed to protect from a basilar skull fracture which is when the base of the skull that connects to C1 fractures when the skull is hyperextended forward-
HANS summary and racer deaths listed here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilar_skull_fracture
Thanks for the comments- If Schumi can comeback from a broken neck then so can I!
#17
Mr. Excitement
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ckdc is correct.
hans will only save in a front to back scenario
for side to side (ala dale crash & death) you need 2 window net and/or a halo race seat.
If you use harnesses without a hans, its safer to just wear your 3 point.
No hans = 3 point seatblet only
Hans = harnesses
a hans will be worthless without harnesses
hans will only save in a front to back scenario
for side to side (ala dale crash & death) you need 2 window net and/or a halo race seat.
If you use harnesses without a hans, its safer to just wear your 3 point.
No hans = 3 point seatblet only
Hans = harnesses
a hans will be worthless without harnesses
Where do you get this info from or is this just your opinion?