<VV> [fastvair] Re: Protection

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IMPACT will be at the PW in Indy this week to answer these kinds of 
questions.

Chuck
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Hand" <VairMech at aol.com>
To: <fastvair at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 12:23 PM
Subject: [fastvair] Re: Protection


>
> ??? I have to disagree with the sternum strap. At one of our Waterford 
> meetings we had someone come in from some safety group and give a talk on 
> safety equipment with a Hans device display. It was a matter of record 
> that there were more chest injuries with the sternum strap than without or 
> the injuries were worse in the chest area with the strap.
> Ken Hand
> 248-613-8586
> www.corvairmechanic.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RBuckridge at comcast.net
>
> A neck brace is the minimum, Hans is much better. Maybe a sternum strap to
> connect shoulder belts? I think your sternum hurts because it wanted to 
> keep
> moving forward. (A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted 
> upon by
> outside forces. - Isaac Newton) Your sternum wanted to keep moving forward 
> and
> the belts and your other bones said to stay here.
>
> You can't over due safety equipment.