Squadron Helmets

Squadron Helmets, with Callsign edit

Far out - talk about eye candy

I bet 99% of them would look like this:

Most of them are all White reflective tape.

the Era of the Explicitly Designed Helmets is pretty much over.

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Most of them are all White reflective tape.

 

the Era of the Explicitly Designed Helmets is pretty much over.

I disagree. Many of them are mostly white but have designs on them and some USMC still use camo patterns.

I disagree. Many of them are mostly white but have designs on them and some USMC still use camo patterns.

Yes, and where is the fun in all having a white helmet :doh:

Yes, and where is the fun in all having a white helmet :doh:

It isn’t fun. We should have designs.

Yes, and where is the fun in all having a white helmet :doh:

USN uses the white reflective tape to aid SAR,

Again, USN Lot 20, not USMC, nor RAAF, or RCAF.

That being said, takes like 5 minutes.

USN uses the white reflective tape to aid SAR,

 

Again, USN Lot 20, not USMC, nor RAAF, or RCAF.

 

That being said, takes like 5 minutes.

It’s actually a regulation that a % of the helmet be reflective I believe. That being said I can pull YouTube videos and most have designs on them even with this regulation. USN squadron pilots.

It’s actually a regulation that a % of the helmet be reflective I believe. That being said I can pull YouTube videos and most have designs on them even with this regulation. USN squadron pilots.

The Era of Intricate designs like ones observed in Top Gun, The Final Count Down, etc, is over.

The Most you'll see if White Base reflective tape, with a design on the back behind the ear area, and the Back.

w/ Exception of CO/XO Helmets having more design decals over top of the Reflective Material.

It’s actually a regulation that a % of the helmet be reflective I believe. That being said I can pull YouTube videos and most have designs on them even with this regulation. USN squadron pilots.

If it is a regulation, it is a good one. Bobbing up & down in a vast ocean, I'd want all the reflective tape I could get for them to spot me before the sharks did.

If it is a regulation, it is a good one. Bobbing up & down in a vast ocean, I'd want all the reflective tape I could get for them to spot me before the sharks did.

Here it is

*Protective helmet — The helmet shall be 100 percent covered with

white reflective tape except as modified by approved aircrew system changes.

Up to 30 square inches of light-colored reflective tape may be applied so

long as the white tape remains visible from all directions. The use of

reflective tape may degrade NVD performance. Temporary, nonreflective cloth

covers may be worn over the reflective tape.

If it is a regulation, it is a good one. Bobbing up & down in a vast ocean, I'd want all the reflective tape I could get for them to spot me before the sharks did.

I did aviation environmental systems in the USN, which included ejection seats and safety equipment. When you go in the drink you have a very bright strobe, green florescent dye, and a buoyancy vest that automatically actuate with contact of sea water. We were told that in WW2 red dye was used instead of green. Pilots were constantly being eaten by sharks and they couldn't figure out why... until they found out that the dye was made of dried pigs blood!

Concerning helmet tape; in the 90s we were encouraged to cover flight line and pilots helmets with reflective tape, and there were no real rules about design. As riggers, the pilots would pay us booze to do cool designs for them. Cartoon characters flipping the bird or engaged in unwholesome acts were pretty common, as well as skulls and messages for the enemy. Mine said "F*@# the whales, save the humans".

and what about having normal HGU-55P or -68 helmets as options rather than the bulky JHMCS. Which as far as I know, it´s only mandatory for AIM-9X and Superbug crews

IIRC in the Fighter Pilot Podcast this was brought up. Jell-O said that you could only add minimal customization. He would write on his helmet the number of friends who had unfortunately perished in aviation accidents. Like the others said, the rest of the helmet had to be reflective white by regulation.

I think the pilots in my units in the 80-90's got away with decorating there helmet's by using colored reflective tape. I know my cranial was done in all green reflective tape with white 3E.

Dare I say it, its a virtual plane flown in a virtual world.

I do wish they had done a non-hmcs helmet until hmcs was implemented, but with implementation coming up, no real point now, unless to have as an option (like how a certain other sim has various blocks available)

The other issue is the way the helmet texture is set. The texture shows the left side of the helmet and mirrors it to the right. For the HGU-33 style helmets this works because a lot of the custom designs were on the side of the helmet. For HGU-55 and later (with that big rubber area on the sides of the helmet), most designs are on the back of the helmet. This means that the design would need to be symmetrical and you would need to match up the lines perfectly.

Bottom line: you can still be creative, but it may be more difficult than it's worth for many.

The Era of Intricate designs like ones observed in Top Gun, The Final Count Down, etc, is over.

 

The Most you'll see if White Base reflective tape, with a design on the back behind the ear area, and the Back.

 

w/ Exception of CO/XO Helmets having more design decals over top of the Reflective Material.

Will our Hornet pilot be getting the standard issue US Navy white helmet?

I see painted helmets (Squadron logos) in nearly every cruise video on youtube.

Dare I say it, its a virtual plane flown in a virtual world.

That's why Photoshop exist, so all virtual pilots can creat their own virtual helmet for their virtual pilot in their virtual aircraft. :) The point is, no one from the team would waste their times to creates them as it's not like this in RL and it's pretty much a thing very few wants, i personaly create all my liveries, and i think i merely never, ever wasted time on helmets.

well... its for sure a nice to have but not a must have :)

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