HANS the cheap way
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Birdthom

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790 posts

247 months

Monday 4th March 2013
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BioBa

317 posts

175 months

Monday 11th March 2013
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What's wrong with that?
Hans anchors are very simple devices and installed very easily.

spyderman8

1,748 posts

178 months

Monday 11th March 2013
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One quick way to render your helmet non-approved.

Birdthom

Original Poster:

790 posts

247 months

Monday 11th March 2013
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BioBa said:
What's wrong with that?
Hans anchors are very simple devices and installed very easily.
On a pre-drilled helmet, sure, but would you really drill your own fixing points?

tapkaJohnD

2,000 posts

226 months

Monday 11th March 2013
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I love the "11/44th inch drill"!
That'll be a 6.5mm one, but of course Americans or even NASA haven't heard of metric!
John

PabloTheOrange

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197 months

Monday 11th March 2013
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tapkaJohnD said:
I love the "11/44th inch drill"!
That'll be a 6.5mm one, but of course Americans or even NASA haven't heard of metric!
John
Also known as the 1/4" drill bit!

Graham

16,378 posts

306 months

Monday 11th March 2013
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tapkaJohnD said:
but of course Americans or even NASA haven't heard of metric!
didnt one of their probes miss its target by several thousand miles recently because nasa were using imperial and JPL were using metric..

a mate of mine was over in the states building a new metric truck. everything was in multiples of 25.4mm for some reason hehe

BioBa

317 posts

175 months

Tuesday 12th March 2013
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Birdthom said:
On a pre-drilled helmet, sure, but would you really drill your own fixing points?
I have always purchased helmets with pre-drilled holes, but a factory drill bit looks the same as my home drill bit. I would have no problems at all drilling a hole in my helmet. It's not NASA rocket science smile

tristancliffe

357 posts

235 months

Tuesday 12th March 2013
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Exactly. HANS helmets aren't locally reinforced in that area, so you just drill a hole in the right place. That's what they do at the factory. The only difference is that they've got an expensive sticker, and the guy who does it will have had a bit more practice.

Birdthom

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790 posts

247 months

Tuesday 12th March 2013
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Wow. Hey ho, it's your head I guess.