Pete,
I'd refer you to pictures of the Macau Spitfire. There probably is a
rollbar lurking beneath that E-type racing headrest and if there isn't,
there should be!
Joe
Pete & Aprille Chadwell wrote:
>
> Allan Hess wrote:
>
> >I remember a news story in which it was determined that the person was
> >indeed killed by their head smashing into the roll bar - this was a Jeep CJ
> >or some kind of Jeep with a factory roll bar.
>
> The nightmare I have is that I'm hit from behind... if the whiplash doesn't
> take me out of the picture, then the roll bar striking the back of my
> thick skull on the left side will. In fact, I think the latter would
> prevent the former! I can't get the headrests to stay up where they
> belong, so the headrest hits me right below or at the union between by neck
> and my back. Perfect recipe for whiplash.
>
> My idea is to design a headrest that is incorporated into the roll bar with
> a nice, heavy pad. It wouldn't be too difficult to do, but I'm also
> wondering if that doesn't create some other safety issues. Should the
> headrest ALWAYS be integrated into the SEAT? Or is it OK to have it be
> part of the roll bar separate from the seat? I'm imagining what might
> happen in an impact if the seat and roll bar were to move dramatically in
> different directions. Can that happen? Wouldn't that be a bad thing?
>
> I'm reminded of an article in the late 80's in Car & Driver where they
> introduced the "new" Lotus Elan. Naturally, there were plenty of
> comparisons between the old Elan and this new model. One such comparison
> was to point out that the the new Elan had special "deformable structures"
> built into the chassis for impact protection, while the old Elan used its
> OCCUPANTS as "deformable structures." If that weren't so "not-funny" it'd
> be hilarious!
>
> Pete Chadwell
> 1973 TR6
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