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Old 04-17-2014, 07:58 AM
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Thanks for the idea; I'll probably keep a couple pair in the plane (once finished) to cover those possible situations that fall in between "sparrow at 50 kt glanced off the windshield" and "condor at 170 kt removes entire cockpit above panel".
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Old 04-17-2014, 06:44 PM
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Drool... Carbon fibre... :P

Probably a lot more expensive than my hand-me-down Alpha helmet was though. Now that i've got ANR in it, I find it hard to fly without it. The tinted visor is nice, too.

[edit] I stand corrected. $165. That, plus a headsets-inc ANR kit, plus a surplus boom microphone, plus a cord, and you'd have a pretty nice ANR helmet for under $500.
http://www.sportparagliding.com/shop...pg-carbon.html
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Old 04-17-2014, 07:37 PM
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I have this helmet for my ppg. Never thought of using it in the 8. I need to get the visor.
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Old 04-18-2014, 12:02 PM
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Tracy, looking at it further I suspect the visor when flipped up would hit the canopy easily if you turned your head at all... So it may not be completely ideal. I was thinking a tinted visor for the sun, that you could tip up if it got dark, would be nice... But if I can't turn my head... :P
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Old 04-18-2014, 05:55 PM
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Your right, plus it's not very good for noise.
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Old 04-18-2014, 07:07 PM
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I was considering this one with an in-ear headset. I like this visor style. This helmet is the Icaro 2000 Fly. It is about $220.

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Old 04-18-2014, 09:17 PM
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Your right, plus it's not very good for noise.
Interesting... It does have Peltor earcups? Are they like the Peltor aviation earcups?
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Old 04-19-2014, 05:28 AM
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I couldn't say. I have to wear earplugs under these when flying the ppg and can barely hear communications over the radio.
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Old 04-19-2014, 07:51 AM
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Hopefully the prop takes care of some of that mass.
At our speeds, the bird will probably go right through, and miss the prop entirely.

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