IMPACT Racing has been SFI DEcertified
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Yep, everyone bends over for this one - customers, retailers, even sanctioning bodys.
As far as the belts, tight is good, so they start restraining you immediately, but some degree of force limiting would seem to be a god thing. Many cars these days have both pretensioners, and force limiters that play out a bit of belt mid accident, after the pretensioner. I have the same question as above - if you don't want any stretch, than why aren't belts made out of Kevlar, or something less stretchable than the current webbing
As far as the belts, tight is good, so they start restraining you immediately, but some degree of force limiting would seem to be a god thing. Many cars these days have both pretensioners, and force limiters that play out a bit of belt mid accident, after the pretensioner. I have the same question as above - if you don't want any stretch, than why aren't belts made out of Kevlar, or something less stretchable than the current webbing
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Wow. Great for OG Racing stepping up to help their customers out.
Good luck with getting everyone taken cared of.
And if 'stretchy' nylon webbing is so bad, why don't they use steel belts that do not give for seat belts.
It'll stop you cold.
Good luck with getting everyone taken cared of.
And if 'stretchy' nylon webbing is so bad, why don't they use steel belts that do not give for seat belts.
It'll stop you cold.
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Some forum chatter is reporting that this incident relates to Snell certified helmets that have a fire-resistant "skirt" around the bottom. Apparently the skirt has an SFI label.
Amusing that SFI would "decertify" a Snell certified helmet.
Amusing that SFI would "decertify" a Snell certified helmet.
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So, 500 million a year budget F1 teams use the same harnesses as us to save a few bucks? This is black and white. Given all current data and safety research the belts/harnesses sold today are the ultimate safety protection, regardless of price or laymen's speculations.
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Belts used worldwide are adequate in that they survive an impact test of ~35Gs (IIRC), the industry standard. That a stiffer belt, such as Kevlar, would survive much higher loads while imparting lower loads on the body is irrelevant in an industry where the only issue is a relatively low-performance pass/fail test.
F1 uses what's available.
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And as far as F1 goes, in the land of $50,000 helmets and custom HANS devices, I would disagree that they "use what's available."
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It's also not a factor of them "using what's available". It's actually quite the opposite. We have the opportunity to buy what they are using. No reason for the companies like Willans and such to make one-offs when they can sell those 900 dollar harness systems to all the guys with lots of money. Schuberth helmets are also available to the public, etc.
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It's also not a factor of them "using what's available". It's actually quite the opposite. We have the opportunity to buy what they are using. No reason for the companies like Willans and such to make one-offs when they can sell those 900 dollar harness systems to all the guys with lots of money. Schuberth helmets are also available to the public, etc.
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My point is that a Kevlar harness will be superior to one using a non-aramid fiber webbing due to strength and elasticity.