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Old 04-15-2014, 07:08 PM
Kyle Boatright Kyle Boatright is offline
 
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I think helmets and visors look dorky in civilian aircraft. But they are a very practical way to add serious protection to your eyes, face, and head, whether we're talking bird strike or off-airport landing.

I don't own one, but if I routinely flew at low altitudes along the coast or in other areas that have high bird populations, I might. Dorky looking is OK if it saves your life.
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Old 04-15-2014, 10:56 PM
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A large piece of plexi stuck in your forehead topped with splattened bird looks "dorky"er.

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Old 04-15-2014, 10:59 PM
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A large piece of plexi stuck in your forehead topped with splattened bird looks "dorky"er. We're not riding in the back of some widebody jet afterall. Wearing seatbelts in cars was also considered "unnecesary" at one time, and eventually became the norm.

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Old 04-15-2014, 11:17 PM
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while others are cutting their seat backs down, I extended mine to make a headrest. the passenger doesn't get one because it would make getting to the luggage area near impossible.
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Old 04-16-2014, 06:56 AM
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How about some of these new window films? Apparently there are some that are near "bullet resistant". I'd much rather invest in hardening the windscreen than investing in more secondary measures.

Any other windscreen reinforcement ideas?
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Old 04-16-2014, 07:10 AM
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Anyway you look it at it's a great idea to carry one just in case. Great idea Scott and thanks for sharing your idea, hope it will help someone one day.
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Old 04-16-2014, 07:14 AM
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The good news in RVs I think is the, in general, good slope to the front of the canopies. I hit a bird in the RV-4 once flying near cruise speed and it splattered guts all over the place but glanced off without breaking the canopy. It was a small bird (I think) and a larger one might have ended up in my face. In any event the force vector would not have been normal to me in any event.

Google, face shields, anything to protect the eyesight is probably a good idea. I can still fly spitting plexi shards and goose guts out of my mouth (at least that is my story until proven otherwise) but don't claim to be able to fly if I can't see?.
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Old 04-16-2014, 07:55 AM
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We have a blue heron at OXR who has taken to hanging out at the east end of the runway.

I suppose if I'm going to learn formation takeoffs, it might as well be with a blue heron. The formation is usually short-lived; I outrun him on the takeoff roll, but I'd hate to meet up with him on the way back in. We have no way to coordinate comms.
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Old 04-16-2014, 11:50 AM
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Old 04-17-2014, 07:51 AM
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Thanks Scott. They also can do double duty for smoke goggles.
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