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Mine had a similar edge bead on it. Now imagine putting that nice little trim piece on a sword, and having someone hit you in the face with it!!!
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If you look at typical crash victim reports, and photos if available, one thing repeats over and over. Facial lacerations, bruising, eye damage etc.
THere's a really significant likelihood that you or your passenger will NOT have their harness as tight as they should, and contact with something in the cabin is a certainty.
look at the dash of your car, and notice how most of the face killers have been minimized. Now look at the dash of our planes. Yech!
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even with a 5-point, you can flail around like a rag doll. Race car design is another good example....all the sharp stuff is moved as far as possible, and well padded!
One of the first things I did was slit a chunk of fuel hose to go over the nice trim edge, and then a big fat roll of pipe insulation. Now we're getting close to something that will leave a nice big dent in your head, instead of a cut. The classic aero is a step in the right direction......
(bonus, you have a channel where you can run all those darn GPS wires etc. without drilling thru the glareshield!)
Yeah, I'm kind of a worst case scenario guy, but read about some crash survivors who said " it was difficult to egress the cabin due to all the blood running into my eyes...."
let's be careful out there!
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