You might want to check out WWW.CHAPMANRACINGHEADS.COM they have a new
material for fire suits called Carbonx. Mike Chapman and Bill Hanyon gave
the USFRA a demo about a month ago. If I remember right it was lighter and
less bulky than Nomex. Carbonx is much more effective. They sell the
material to suit manufactures, Bill Hanyon could probably tell you where to
get fire suits,etc. made with Carbonx.
Gary
Gary & Ellen Wilkinson
----- Original Message -----
From: Smith, Simon-Pierre <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 3:14 PM
Subject: Explain the rules to me...
> So I'm shopping for a burn suit for a streamliner motorcycle. I can find
all sorts of SFI-15 suits around. The rules require gloves and boots of
equivalent rating. None of the gloves and boots I find have any rating at
all. Any good sources? Is there a different way of describing protection
levels on gloves and boots that I'm not getting?
>
> I'm not actually too concerned about my safety. My little 50cc rig will
carry so little fuel I think I'll be overprotected by the rules, but I'd
hate to fail tech because I'm missing a tag.
>
> Another question. I have a Snell 95 motorcycle helmet. Is that OK for
streamliners or is a Snell car rated helmet required?
>
> Any advice is welcome.
>
> Simon-Pierre Smith
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