Thanks for the input, the helmet pic was more for fun. I had the measurements for a full face here for reference, again, this is only the first step. I am working on patterns for the upper hoops, we were only trying to figure out if the thing would work. Nothing is even tacked at this point. I have a good helmet that I did not get a chance to borrow, we will have it when we start fitting the hoops. You can see we played with padding and such behind the back. 1st step, nothing written in stone yet.
Glen, that is one option I am looking at as I type this. If I curve the upper cross braces on the frame like a shot of AckAttack I have, there may be enough room above the legs. Also using the pictures of Anthony Youngs new car as reference since it was an example of a "fat" lakester that the Tech guys got learned on
I jest, but from the cage forward that car is basically what we are building and I recognize the quality of the build!