08-11-2017, 11:24 AM
(08-11-2017, 11:21 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: What you are saying is largely accurate, but if you don't have a study comparing TWO concussion cap helmets hitting with the same force of non-concussion cap helments, what you are saying is just your opinion. The half-inch pad around the helmet hitting the half inch pad on the other helmet would have a substantially greater reduction on the trauma of the brain.
To use your automotive analogy, I remember when the third generation Camaro and Firebird were being designed. It became apparent to the engineers that having glass all the way over the top of the dash was actually safer (and this was proven by crash test dummies with sensors) than the steel roof edge. Why? The head of dummies (without belts or airbags) would not decelerate as quickly when it hit safety glass because it was partially fracture the glass and go slightly in to the windsheild, without going through it.
The extra inch between two helmets would absolutely "soften the blow".
It's not just opinion, it is actually physics. The inside of the brain can not be padded so your analogy doesn't work. The safety glass you're referring to would be the skull and we can't change it. As I pointed out the foam caps you refer to is actually more like the crumble zone that is built into cars now, it can decelerate the vehicle but not the person inside if they aren't secured. The issue is the brain in the skull floats in fluid and it will keep going much like the person not wearing a seat belt.
