Home made aero helmet

Up to this point the helmet consists of just newspaper and PVA glue. This means the cost of the materials was extremely low and could even be a little lower if free-sheets were used. The 750ml bottle of PVA of which there is still some, cost less than two pounds.
The next piece of material cost about the same:

I bought this visor as a single A4 sheet of transparent plastic from a stationary shop. Not too thick so that I couldn't bend it to the shape I wanted and not to thin so as to tear or flop in the wind.

I cut a piece from the sheet a bit larger than what I wanted showing, cut a slit in the front rim of the helmet and slid it into place. It was a little bit fiddly, but not too difficult.

Winning. No modelling shots?

Was the visor an afterthought? Wouldn't it have been easier building it into the helmet?

It wasn't an afterthought. From the start I intended the helmet to have one, but as I've said I didn't make any plans and just made it up as I went along. It probably would be better to incorporate the visor from the start, but it just came out this way.

One thing amongst a few learnt from going through the process.

Nah, this means the visor is replaceable if damaged or you want to change tint.

Yeah you can change it to match your bike/outfit.

change it when it rains?

Possible best thread ever.

I hope you ended up sealing it in someway.... I once made a halloween fancy dress skeleton outfit by painting bones onto jeans and a top with white emulsion. In a wine fuelled stroke of genius I decided to 'seal' the paint on with PVA glue. Cue party with lots of dancing and sweating, and all the pva started melting all over me... I was a sticky gloopy mess :-(

Fun though!

Refining the shape.

By the way, the visor is not removable. Once I had positioned it correctly, more strips wrapped over the rim held it in place. It is fixed.
An idea for a next one perhaps.

It wasn't an afterthought.

Sorry releading what I wrote, I come across as a dick, wasn't my intention!

Not at all.

This thread is definitely providing some good ideas for future projects. All ideas are welcome.

Sorry releading what I wrote, I come across as a dick, wasn't my intention!

if everyone on here apologised whenever they said something that was likely to cause offence the football thread would be twice as long.

great progress so far, next step, preparing for uci approval?

One thing amongst a few learnt from going through the process.

you gonna be building more / going into production ?
PM cornelius blackfoot for copies of the guardian
he has been know to take the odd guardian in his time

he should be able to provide you with as much mache as you require

How do you plan to seal it from the rain?

Tar I would imagine.

...and feathers = lift!

if everyone on here apologised whenever they said something that was likely to cause offence the football thread would be twice as long.

I assumed most of the people in the football thread intend to be dicks though?

Particularly Clive. :)

How do you plan to seal it from the rain?

all will be revealed.

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