Table of contents

• Helite Off Road Airbag Vest For motorcycle and quad riders of the Dakar 2020/2021
• Airbag vest compulsory at Dakar
• opinion poll
• Conclusion

Helite / UFO

5 pictures

Helite / UFO

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Airbag vest on the left in the deflated state, on the right after it has triggered.

Helite / UFO

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The Helite Off Road airbag vest has a protective volume of 18 liters.

Helite / UFO

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The vest requires two cartridges for this volume. The pilots should be able to change the cartridges themselves if necessary.

Helite / UFO

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Helite developed the airbag vest in collaboration with UFO Plast, an Italian brand for off-road accessories.

Helite / UFO

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The challenge for an off-road airbag is to distinguish between jumping and falling.

counselor

technology & future

Helite Off Road airbag vest for Dakar 2020/2021

Helite Off Road Airbag Vest
For motorcycle and quad riders of the Dakar 2020/2021

This season, the Helite Off Road airbag vest is only intended for the first time Dakar drivers are available, but then quickly find their way onto the open market.

Dina Dervisevic

01/08/2021

Airbag vests for motorcyclists? They’ve been around for a few years. What should be so innovative and new about the offroad jackets? Many of us probably rarely or never get into the terrain by motorcycle. And even then – we would probably only do jumps of several meters involuntarily. The challenge for an off-road airbag is to differentiate between jumping and falling.

To do this, sensors in the airbag vest analyze the pilot’s movements in real time and compare parameters such as acceleration, lean angle and GPS with one another. From the developers as “abnormal” Defined results then lead to the airbag being deployed within 50 milliseconds. An algorithm that the developers worked on together with the Italian off-road accessories brand UFO Plast determines which driver movements are considered normal and which are abnormal.

Airbag vest compulsory at Dakar

The airbag then fills its chambers to a protective volume of 18 liters using two 32 cm³ GG-E cartridges. A back protector (SAS-TEC Level 2) is located above the airbag for additional protection.

After the death of two motorcyclists at the 2020 Dakar, the FIM (Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme; in German: Motorradweltverband) stipulated that airbag protection systems will be mandatory for participating motorcyclists in the future. The first airbag system for off-road drivers brought Alpinestars last year. The Alpinestars Tech-Air Off-Road was tested as a prototype during the Dakar 2019/2020.

opinion poll

Would you use an airbag system?

Voted 880 times

Yes, in any case.

No, normal protector and safety equipment is sufficient.

Conclusion

The development of airbags for motorcyclists is gaining momentum. Even if these systems cannot defuse all accident scenarios, they should be part of the standard safety equipment as soon as possible.

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