Fly Racing Introduces New Formula MX Helmet
FLY Racing is proud to present the
all new Formula helmet, one of the most advanced motocross helmets
ever created after years of collaborated research and design with
industry leading doctors, scientists, and physicists from around
the world.
Most traditional helmets only provide protection from a very narrow
range of impact scenarios. FLY Racing's goal with
the Formula was to go beyond this and provide superior head
protection from the widest possible range of potential real-world
impacts. The result is a technologically advanced helmet engineered
with an inside-out philosophy. Utilizing a fine-tuned ecosystem of
structural designs and energy mitigating materials, the Formula
will redefine helmet performance and safety expectations.
Tested under rigorous scientific standards that replicate real
world conditions, the Formula outperformed all helmets tested in
both high velocity impact crashes as well as forces created by
rotational and low speed impacts.
Adaptive Impact System (AIS)
FLY Racing's Formula Helmet is the absolute in total
head protection. The Adaptive Impact System (AIS) is a
high-performance ecosystem of structural design and energy
mitigating materials.
Each layer of the AIS from RHEON enhanced Energy Cells,
to the Dual-density EPS liner, and the 12k carbon fiber shell, was
carefully fine-tuned to achieve the goal of creating the highest
performing helmet possible.
Energy Cells Enhanced By RHEON
Impact Energy Cells were engineered by the FLY Racing
design team specifically for the Formula. The seven
strategically-placed cells in the EPS liner are designed to feel
natural inside of a helmet, resulting in a seamless fit for the
rider.
Their unique shape and maze-like structure allow the
Impact Energy Cells to compress and shear. Each cell can either
compress during a linear impact or shear during a rotational
impact. This slight movement maximizes absorption of low speed
linear and rotational impacts reducing overall brain
stress.
These energy cells are made of RHEON, an "active"
strain-rate sensitive material that efficiently absorbs and
dissipates energy as it deforms. Invented by Dr. Dan Plant, a
mechanical and industrial design engineering expert based at the
Imperial College of London, RHEON's adaptive chemistry reacts
instinctively to control energy and changes its behavior depending
on the severity or direction of an impact. Essentially, the RHEON
Impact Energy Cells maximize absorption of low speed linear and
rotational impacts. 
"Since you can't predict how you're going
to fall, RHEON's unique and intentional geometry also controls the
impact energy coming at you from any direction, whether its linear
or rotational," Dr. Plant explained.
Conehead Technology
Like a crumple zone, Conehead technology absorbs and
dissipates impact forces more effectively than traditional EPS
helmet liners. Created by physicist Don Morgan, Conehead technology
uses cone shapes to pair a firm density EPS with a much lower
density EPS. The result is more progressive energy absorption
through a broader range of impact scenarios.
The Formula has six critical zones of Conehead EPS.
Each zone has a uniquely fine-tuned combination of EPS densities to
manage impacts specific to that region of the helmet. These
specific multi-density EPS zones produce a much more progressive
response to low-speed and high-speed impacts.
Expanded EPS
Studies have shown that the majority of impacts occur
on the forehead or side of the head. To help combat these impacts,
the Formula development team incorporated lower density expanded
volume EPS (thicker EPS) in these critical zones. This expanded
volume EPS provides improved suspension for impacts.
12K Carbon Fiber Shell & Control Release Visor
System
The Formula's first line of defense is an extremely
strong and lightweight 12K carbon fiber shell. 12K carbon fiber
refers to 12,000 carbon filaments per band. Carbon fiber is
strongest when it is flat. Wider carbon fiber bands woven together
produce a flatter result with less dips and rises inherent in a
woven material. The reduction of these dips and rises creates less
areas for resin to pool. Less resin equals less weight. The result
is an extremely lightweight shell with superior penetration
resistance to common 3K carbon fiber.
