These people get the foam in a large billet, and will cut you a piece to the size and thickness required. From memory, their price was NOT competitive, but that was years ago - maybe they now do a better deal?
Confor is a brand name, and other manufacturers (in the USA), make similar products. Note the plural in products: As well as different thicknesses the foam is made in different densities, which are usually colour coded. For Confor, green is the way to go. I think the blue product that Ian refers to MAY be produced by another manufacturer. Ian?? To the best of my knowledge this type of foam is not manufactured in Australia. Can anybody prove me wrong/advise of an Australian manufacturer? I note that Cumulus Soaring in the States is also a retail supplier. GFA on its old web site had a useful discussion on the product, but I do not know if this information was carried across to the new site. Tim Shirley, do you know? As a matter of interest the impact absorbing foam (Confor etc), can be layered with other products too. I bought a layer of memory foam (as used for comfort on some wheel-chairs), but never got around to actually making it up and using it with the Confor in my glider cushion. Regards, Gary -----Original Message----- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of b_br...@tpg.com.au Sent: Monday, 7 April 2014 9:58 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] confor foam Doesn't necessarily need to come from the States, though I am not sure of their pricing. http://specialtyfoams.com.au Regs Ben On Mon, Apr 7th, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Ian Mc Phee <mrsoar...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Saturday at Chris Thorps GFA safety seminar at Archerfield I gave a > demo > of 1 inch blue confor memory foam. Some people there obviously did not > know about confor foam and recently a friend of mine is a southern state > was involved in a ground loop in ASK 13 caused by long grass catching one > wing and other wing gaining extra lift and whole glider lifted in the > air. > He was dumped from about 1metre leaving him with injured back for 2 or > so > months. He knew nothing of confor foam' and did not have same. Glider > was > all but undamaged. > > Here is the link to confor foam > > http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cmpages/conForFoan.php?clickkey=5944 > > It does cost $US23.50 for BLUE PAD 1 inch think (is all you need for > protection) and post per pad will be say $20 but that is minor to > injuries > it may prevent. > > Personally I will not sign a form 2 unless the glider is equipped with > confor foam or they get a long talk that they have to order it NOW. > > We wear seat belts in gliders and cars always so why not have confor in > all > gliders we fly and costs a lot less than a parachute and is equally > important I believe. $50 is the cheapest one off insurance policy you > will > ever buy in gliding. > > If you want more proof go to the BGA web site for article on its use and > the front cover will be a photo of a Swift glider crashing and pilot > walks > away. The video or is it a series of still photos of the crash. > > Thanks to Jenny Ganderton most of the gliders at Keepit have confor in > almost all gliders. > > Personally I think GFA should mandate the use of confor instead of highly > recommending it but at least that is a start.. > > Ian McPhee > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4355 / Virus Database: 3722/7309 - Release Date: 04/06/14 _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
