Originally Posted by cleatziff:
I understand the the experiment here may not be similar to a car during a flip. Would this experiment simulate an impact similar to that of another car driving into the top of the cage?
No, and that seems to be the question that is overlooked, some so called experts insist it would make it too difficult to get the driver out, if halo bars were allowed over the drivers helmet, or that they would make the cage more prone to collapse, I think they should be installed, every little bit helps, and someone's front bumper entering the cage just might be deflected enough to save that blow anyway. What makes the difference, if the crash is that bad, the cage will be cut off anyway, we used to race with the seat held in with dzus buttons, now they are bolted in, at least with the dzus buttons, seat, driver and all could be lifted out as a unit, driver in his safety seat seems a lot more sensible to me, that test for all intents and purposes, is a slow motion video of some of the things a chassis goes thru, but on a steel plate, just a drop test, in my opinion, proves very little, I think there needs to be more interest in the halo bars, that's where the problem lies! Bob