[Land-speed] Hans Device and Safety

[John Romero]

I like that the Hans basically attaches my helmet to my shoulders,
which is exactly what I want it to remain nearest! Seat belts can
stretch a significant amount. Imagine you seat belts stretching 10"
and your head restraint stretching 2". I dont want my head trying to
keep my body in place.

The benefit of the hans, hutchins and their like is that they dont try
to restrain your head, they simply keep your head near the rest of
your body. lets the rest of the equipment handle the rest.

John



On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Doug Odom <dlodom at charter.net> wrote:
> Your lap belts must be attached to the roll bars the same as your seat! That
> is the only safe way to mount it.
> Doug Odom in big ditch
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MEIERLE Mike" <Mike.Meierle at alcatel-lucent.com>
> To: "lsr list autox" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 1:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Hans Device and Safety
>
>
>> Hmm, I gotta think about that, the seat, in my truck, is mounted to the
>> roll cage, so the seat and roll cage would be very difficult to
>> separate. The shoulder straps and submarine belt are attached to the
>> roll cage, but the lap belt(s) are bolted thru the floor of the cab with
>> backing plates.
>>
>> I guess even if the cab was ripped off the chassis, all the connections
>> would be intact and the fire suit only a little damp as a result. How
>> about explosive bolts to release the straps? Trigger on the firebottle
>> release? 8-)
>>
>> Mike M.
>>
>> The seat should always be attached to the roll cage as one unit. You,
>> the seat and the roll cage staying all together has proven to be the
>> safest way to protect the driver. The rest of the car can fly away for
>> all I care but I want to be sitting inside that seat inside the cage
>> when it comes to a stop.
>> And yes, been there, done that.
>> Doug Odom in big ditch
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "MEIERLE Mike" <Mike.Meierle at alcatel-lucent.com>
>> To: "Skip Higginbotham" <saltrat at pahrump.com>; "Bryan Savage"
>> <b.a.savage at wildblue.net>; "John Romero" <delsolid at gmail.com>
>> Cc: "lsr list autox" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 12:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Hans Device and Safety
>>
>>
>>> Don't like the idea of hooking my head the roll cage and the rest to
>>> the seat. The two might go in different directions....IMHO
>>>
>>> Mike Meierle
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