Headset Visor Project

Can they be worn over glasses?

I like it, of course cost is always a factor. It appears to be compatible with glasses and it looks like the visor flips up, kind  of like military visors without the helmets. Get the price right and it would be something I'd be interested in.

Doug Dwyer

Mooney M20A

Fallbrook, CA (L18)

Purposeful...for when in those upside down open cockpit stuff falls off the body momments...or emergency momments when canopy accidentally comes off airplane ,pulling everything off heads , falling to earth...and killing cow...( true story- only in Kansas).

www.metacafe.com/watch/468993/jetmanso 

  adaptable to leather type pullovers?

Speaking as someone who has owned a half-dozen different sets of goggles for open-cockpit flying , I'm guessing these won't fit over most glasses.  Glasses "square off" a person's head, and these visors hug the head too close near the temples.

Nothing wrong with the concept, of course, but if they don't fit over glasses, the market is a bit more limited.

Thanks Ron...I was waiting to see if that was going to come up...   I am hoping to get some oopn cockpit time this year ...I am building a closed cockpit BD-5. but know from my old former Harley days my eyes wept untill I found the right fitting bug eye eye covers...that was when the brain cells were 20/20... 

Open cockpit is still not as windy as a scooter though...but having total eye protection is still a primary good idea...even in a closed cockpit environment...

I had an experience last year about this time when a Christmas ornament that had the little square metal glitter  blew up off of a table on our patio ...and $400 later at the emergency room the doctor showed me what I paid for...could easily be in a cockpit and at a much worse  -moment- ( Notice korect spellin' <----<< now ? )

At our Christmas Chapter Chili dinner Mark B told me about the canopy blowing off the un-named  airplane demonstrator while a Blue Angel was getting a demo ride and they lost their headsets....Now a unplanned event with no radio is in process...it came out ok but only after the cow was paid for... but it's just another one of those things we have to know can happen... and be ready to grapple with... so having the best equipment possible is priceless at the time it's needed...

That is also something to understand ...the need...as an example my son put a hepa filter in his furnace...and 1" filters are for the equipment. not people so much...but he beleived the commercial ...and his furnace went out on limit...and locked out eventually ...and all his pipes froze...   but he didn't call dad or advice...A good pleated filter is good but not a slab of marble...Air bear type is best...

Have a safe new year everybody...check the carbon monoxide alarm and smoke detector batteries ...

and don't forget BLACK EYED PEAS !!!!!

Happy New Year Folks and thanks for the responses.

In regard to the visor being compatible with prescription glasses, Ron is correct in that prescription glasses are usually squared off and the temples do interfere with the visor itself.  I have been gathering feedback for about 4 weeks now and I have been surprised at the number of people wanting to know whether the visor works with glasses.  So I have been giving some thought to solving this problem.  One solution would be to make the visor a different shape and size to accommodate glasses.  Another option is to have a set of prescription inserts, like they use on skiing and motorcycle goggles.  These inserts could attach to the visor arm in such a way that when the visor is raised, the prescription lenses stay in front of the eyes.  Whatever the solution, it appears that being able to wear the visor with glasses would be a useful option I didn’t consider when starting this project.

Below is a picture of the visor in the raised position.

I realize that in this position, the visor may be in the way in smaller cockpits.  It sticks out about as much as the brim on a baseball cap.  I had hoped to design the pivoting of the visor so that the visor went up and back in a motion that would keep it closer to the head.  However the solutions were more complicated, and I decided to keep the first version as simple as possible.

Ideally I would hope to keep the price point at around $100.  The variable is the lens itself.  To ensure a lens of excellent optics and quality, the price may have to be slightly higher.

If you are interested in more details, please visit  www.headsetvisor.com  .

Thanks again,

Harry Willborn

Hi Folks

I  wanted to thank those of you who passed along some feedback and filled out the survey. It has been very helpful.

Also to  give the thread a bump before the end of the month  to see if I could get a few more surveys completed.

Thanks again.

Harry Willborn

www.headsetvisor.com 

Using a sun blocking material that will allow one to see LCD type displays would be of interest to me and others with less than 20/20 eyesight.

Doyce Graham

N567RV