Both Dainese and arch-rival Alpinestars have spent the past decade developing real-life, airbag-equipped superhero suits and now they’re ready for public consumption (even though no dates have been given on purchase availability). Alpinestars spilled the beans on TechAir back in August and, this week, Dainese did the same with this new D-Air suit, finally ready for public consumption. The safety arms race is on. :continue:
A couple of weeks ago we exclusively unveiled Dainese D-Air Race. Now, with the official release of the in-suit airbag at Milan’s EICMA show, more material is available and we can take a look back at the 10-year process that resulted in the most sophisticated set of leathers ever. :continue:
Inflating to protect your spine and chest —virtually your entire torso — and limiting hyperextension and hyperflexion of your neck, Dainese D-Air Street reduces forces transmitted to your body by 90 percent over traditional CE armor while providing more coverage than armor ever could. After a decade of development, D-Air Street is finally ready to enter the market and, like Dainese D-Air Race, Hell For Leather is the first to bring you details of it. :continue:
This is the final production version of Dainese D-Air, the new airbag equipped racing suits that you’ve seen Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo racing in this year. Dainese’s is the most sophisticated motorcycle airbag yet. 10 years in the making, D-Air incorporates GPS, three accelerometers, three gyroscopic sensors, the ability to fully inflate in .05 seconds, deflate in 5 seconds and it will reduce forces transmitted to the shoulders and collarbone tenfold while also preventing neck injuries caused by hyperextension or flexion. Dainese D-air is the future of motorcycle safety and this news story is exclusive to Hell For Leather. :continue:
Both Valentino Rossi and and Guy Martin are helping develop the Dainese D-Air airbag technology. But, while Rossi was equipped with an airbag and credits it with limiting the extent of the injuries he suffered in his huge Mugello highside, Guy was only equipped with data collection equipment. > :continue:
Dainese has begun collecting telemetry data for a road-use airbag motorcycle suit, meaning we can expect to see a consumer product in showrooms in a couple year’s time. Dainese D-Air has actually been in development for race-use for over a decade and the track-only system will go on sale very soon. The road system will be very similar, but will use altered data points that are more appropriate for real world riding in which a crash is just as likely to be caused by getting run over by a dumb bitch on her cell phone as it is a 110mph highside at Mugello. In keeping with company tradition, Dainese’s press release is extremely vague, but it appears that Guy Martin, who is now collecting data for the road system, was equipped with a D-Air suit when he crashed heavily at the TT this morning. If that’s the case, the airbag(s) could be partially responsible for him surviving that crash with what currently looks like only minor injuries. > :continue:
