[Land-speed] New Helmet Research (Army)

Neil Albaugh neil at dbelltech.com
Thu Apr 21 10:44:36 MDT 2011


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Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

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From: "Dave Dahlgren" <dahlgren536 at comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 9:50 PM
To: "Kirkwood" <saltfever at comcast.net>; <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] New Helmet Research (Army)

> Wow I am impressed CT scans and computer models and no doubt a six figure 
> budget per day to figure out the obvious. All they had to do was get a 
> consult from a class of 3'd grade kids to tell them more padding is 
> better.Lol.. You can pad a soldier until they look like the Michelin man 
> and it does not help in the end they have to be able to move and not stand 
> as stationary targets. We could have saved the tax payers a pile of money 
> with a much more simple test that you can do at home. Get 2 eggs drop one 
> on the floor and note results drop the second one on a pillow and compare 
> the outcome. Hmm padding is good study over. Cost 35 cents fits on one 
> sheet of paper that is not classified. What are we going to do if this 
> secret is leaked out and they make even bigger bombs? then we will need a 
> new study to find a solution for another 3 million only to discover that 2 
> extra pads work better than one.
> sigh our tax dollars at work... This whole test would have been more 
> interesting if we had the Myth Busters blowing up pigs with helmets on. 
> That would have been epic with great barbecue later.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kirkwood" <saltfever at comcast.net>
> To: <land-speed at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 8:40 PM
> Subject: [Land-speed] New Helmet Research (Army)
>
>
>> Different environments require different solutions. When a military 
>> vehicle
>> is hit by an IED, the results are chaotic for the occupants inside. This
>> research may be interesting for any LSR venue.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/health
>> <http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/health&id=8080536>
>> &id=8080536
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