The C-Square: Race Driver underwear--the answer to the ban on Under Armor ---// CarbonX Underwear Flame retardant Racing suits--wicks away moisture

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Race Driver underwear--the answer to the ban on Under Armor ---// CarbonX Underwear Flame retardant Racing suits--wicks away moisture

Here is a possible solution to the ban on Under Armor, Nike, Cool Max flameable suits...racing suits or underwear. You've seen enough TV fiery race car crashes to know that the driver does not get in those high powered wheels w/o the best protection and this is one product available for the well equipped race driver: Under wear made from Carbon X flame retardant material. I found this at HMS Motorsport.

"CarbonX is the brand name behind the products produced by Chapman Thermal Products. CarbonX in its raw form, is a yarn created by spinning O-PAN (oxidized polyacrylonitrile) fiber with an Aramid strenghthening fiber. This formula results in a yarn with amazing fire resistant characteristics that serves as the precursor to a wide array of products and applications requiring heat and flame resistance. The CarbonX yarn can then be converted into an array of fabrics ranging from woven fabrics, knitted fabrics and non-woven felts.

The basic concept and definition of a high performance FR fabric is usually considered a manmade fiber with a continuous operating temperature ranging between 375° to 600° f. The fibers are classified as having favorable characteristics in at least one of the following performance properties: operating temperature, the limit of heat transfer, tensile strength when exposed to high temperature, chemical resistance and, LOI. Most of the FR fabrics currently used for FR safety applications perform well in one, sometimes two of these areas, CarbonX® performs extremely well with all of these performance properties and more. CarbonX® also has the highest LOI rating of any FR fabric available."

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CarbonX Long Sleeve Shirt

Long Sleeve Undershirt made out of CarbonX flame retardant material.

CarbonX and Nomex are very simliar in that they are both materials that are designed to keep you protected should you get involved in a fire. They are also designed to keep you cool and dry. What makes CarbonX different is that it wicks away moisture much better than Nomex does. It's also virtually flame proof, as shown by the picture above. Check out This page for more information about CarbonX.