When it comes to pilot suits, helmet or no helmet?

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I don't follow, Shouldn't it be able to be put on and taken off.

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>>15154233

There are pilot suit designs with no helmet

>>15154226
Protection is priority!

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>>15154226
No helmet!

Helmets completely hide the hair, keep it pressed against the skull, prevent the scalp from breathing, accumulates sweat, and increases dandruff production.

ABSOLUTELY NO HELMETS

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>>15154239
Just because they're seldom ever shown, doesn't mean they don't exist.

Head protection of some kind at all times since the pilot can get knocked around even with adequate harnessing.

Sealed helmets when in space/high altitude or potentially dangerous environments in case of hull breach.

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>>15154242
>Helmets completely hide the hair

Just cut holes in the helmet

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>>15154226
Helmets. Always.

>>15154278
>Just cut holes in the helmet
That's dumb.

>>15154255

TE isn't Tier 1 canon

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>>15154226
Neck protection would be absolutely vital in a fightan robot

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>>15154226

tbqh helmets are pretty fucking gay i mean youre already in a mech if you have anything more than hair decs your gay

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Inflatable helmets

Depends on the type of mech.

Helmets. I like when data shows up on the visors and when the pilots take off the helmets mid-battle when they feel like they need a breath of fresh air.
It also allows them to go out into space when needed.

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>>15155032
This for me too.

For Super , or magical robot it's not necessary, for me, at last, but when a robot would be more "real" pilots need an helmet and a good protective suit. Still today, I think Gundam Wing had some of the best pilot suits ever.

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Depend of the setting.
I adhere to the function follow form school.

May high-cut swimsuit become the spacesuit of the future, or else.

>>15155365
> May high-cut swimsuit become the spacesuit of the future, or else
wait anon, there's no need for space horse dong exist in the future.

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>>15155470
Horse dongs are the future.

>>15155501
come on electronic old man.
you're getting desperate.

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Marida hiding her face behind a helmet should be a crime. She's too cute for that.
but if we're talking about space combat, then of course she should wear one.

お前らに知らない間にガイ兄ちゃんに改造された俺の気持ちなど分かるまい

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>>15155470
They shall understand some day that if was necessary

>>15154278
Yeah, what could possibly go wrong with cutting holes in your helmet?

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Space suits? helmets? Ah..gay.

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>>15156188
Just saying, the way it's not is... even if pointlessly complicated, nowhere like a death sentence.

It's not unthinkable to compress the hair into a plug (there's only 1 atm to sustain, that's no actually much). The real question is wether the hair would die or burn in open-space.
Just so you know : Space isn't cold, it's nothing and being thermal insulator hair are more likely to burn with direct sun exposure...
...unless their size make the heat radiate away too fast.

WHAT I AM SAYING
Is that it would actually be awesome to test.
I'll be googling if it was tested right now.

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Open helmets are best.

A gundam series that has open helmets is automatically better than one that doesn't.

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>>15156415

By which I mean that 0083 and 08th MS are the best gundam serieses ever made.

>>15156435
You are not wrong.

>>15156435
>>15156500
t.anon who pats himself on the back

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>>15156415

This

>>15155021
This.

Helmets are a definite must if it's anything other than magical or classic super robot.

You get dramatic helmet removals and face reveals, you get the crazy combat damage visor cracking, the visual effects of huds on the visor; plenty of ways they can add to the look, and also get plenty of safety features.

Open faced versions for ground types is acceptable, but sometimes I think maybe they should still be complete, the force feedback in mecha is almost as bad as bridge controls.

>>15154226

Well that depends.

How likely are you to hit your head or take a hit that knocks out life support?

pilots need a helmet. if they don't have a helmet, then they can't tear it off for dramatic effect.

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Helmets+mask+cool googles

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You either die to vacuum of space instantly without a helmet. Or you get killed by a leak in the helmet, or more painfully by having the visor ripped off.

>>15156415
it makes since it fucking hot in Jaburo

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Helmet with removable face-cover

>>15156167
what is this from?

>>15157253
>>15156435
>>15156415
this is starting to make sense

>>15158399
This is unrealistic then (beat) explosive decompression is a myth, you would actually only die from asphyxia

>>15160284
I have no fucking idea.
Too lazy to google image search

>>15160247
In the case of combat a face plate has more sense than a simple transparent visor.

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If you're flying in space and you DON'T have a self-contained suit and oxygen generator, you're a fucking loser who deserves to be airlocked

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>>15154226
Marida is not for lewd

Also, I prefer no helmet because hair is always a top concern when it comes to anime characters

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>>15161707
where is my "real man don't need air" when I need it!

>>15163530
He was great.
Walked out, took a few pretty good shots at an escaping craft and only when they brought him a mask he was like "Oh right, air".

>>15162872
>Marida is not for lewd
Too late.

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Realistically you obviously need a helmet. But when I'm watching anime I like to see the characters' face (and maybe hair too), so I'm willing to accept some bullshit excuses they give me to avoid having helmets. A little bit of suspension of disbelief for the sake of style should be fine in most cases, although this should match the tone of the show. If they're going for something super serious and gritty, then by all means have some helmets.

Mazinger Z taught me that no helmet may sound heroic and all, but your tune will change when you slam your head into the control panel from the jolt of an enemy attack.

>>15155477
He's a cyborg with like a 99% machine body, a helmet would do nothing to protect him anyway.

>>15157317
>>15155152

See >>15163602, it happens in like episode 3, Kouji injures himself because he doesn't wear a helmet, so he wears one from then on.

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>>15163559
It was always too late..

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And something like that? Inflatable helmet and mask, when they using flying robots.

AZ was a mess, but had some pretty cool suits..

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Mirage

>>15163762
s-stop that!

>>15163762
stop posting pictures of me

>>15160284

Godannar

>>15160036
nigga they in vietnam

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this is 10/10

>>15162872
Got that without the artifacts?

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>>15163742
he's Alberto

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I want to hire whoever sold Yamato's female-crews uniform to the army.
Same on the alien side

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>>15166633

>>15167576
translate thiiiiiis

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Space is dangerous. Fly safe

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Space is lonely, Fly sexy

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>>15170805
now that's some reason to dump this.

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>>15169012

Indeed.

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>>15171819
I must admit that I find pretty cool closed helmets like this, although I understand that not being able to see the eyes or the face of the characters can be tedious.

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>>15171819
Some closing helmet are not as good looking as other, but they get the jobs done.

Btw, where do your picture come from? Reverse google search failed me then looked at me funny

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>>15175657

>Btw, where do your picture come from? Reverse google search failed me then looked at me funny

They're done by an artist known as "ssns".

Here is his ebbs page (though keep in mind not everything on there may be Safe For Work):

http://page.ebbs.jp/?s=18211&guid=On

>>15169012
Yes, helmets add safety and given the cost of pilot training and mecha it worth the protection.
Also it offers a cost effective second layer for environmental systems, which can reduce other design complexities.

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Helmets are cute.

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Enclosed helmet are best.

It give you an excuse for not looking at her in the eyes

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See through visor helmets for main characters and closed helmets for complete badasses.

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>piloting a mech without a helmet

Do you want brain damage? Because that's how you get brain damage!

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>>15180319
>Implying a weapon that can destroy a mech wouldn't laugh of your helmet

You might as well pilot naked.

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>>15180339

Man it ain't about shrugging off a direct weapon strike. Then you're fucked. It's about the jostling rapidly moving cockpit of a mech. Even if you're completely submersed in a fluid to disperse impact, your head is still gonna thump against something, or snap your neck.

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The Mech will have the shock-absorbing suit included, who the fuck need to move in a encumbering suit when you can do with the minimal.
Women of the Space Future won't wear spacesuit as garment, only fiction have that. They will however wear a very tight catsuit that allow them to get into specialized equipment, if needed

>>15180339
>posting Nanoha while arguing practicality
That's not fair, she has technology so advanced that it seems like magic to us and a lot of the other settings in this thread.

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>>15180535
It's not about practicality, just about adapting to your tech level.
When the mech and weapon you fight with are your only real way to survive (no casual escaping your gundam) then you might as well get comfy to pilot it well

pilot today need big suit because it's easier than upgrading the plane, also it help ejecting. But what if you can't escape and survive alone?


By the way, I don't actually know Nanoha, do the pict from >>15180339 happen? (I saw a lot of fan art and concept art who certainly never appear)
I wish someday to shake the hand of whoever make the future fashionable like that.

>>15155021
Wait, but why don't jet fighter pilot suits have a neck brace like this?

>>15180712
One of the most important sensors available to a combat jet is the eyes of its pilot (doubly valuable if a copilot is present), the ability to freely look around so as to maintain situational awareness is absolutely critical; a machine can be fooled, human vision not so much.

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>>15168237

It's not even only women's uniforms--it's all the pilots. Shinohara's pretty much poured into his.

Of course, every woman aboard the Yamato, and Melda Ditz, is ridiculously fit. Even if only one or two of them have One-Piece-size boobs, it's still immediately noticeable.

Plus, that conspicuous ass-shot of Kodai halfway through the series whilst climbing a ladder (bookended by ass-shots of Morii of course).

>>15184538
>every woman
Actually, there's a plump one who shows up in crowd shots sometimes.

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>>15184552

No, that's true--the one in the lime-green suit (not the Maintenance Division's Orange, but something related?) though she's more a case of being way too stocky to double as a swimsuit model, but not out-of-shape to serve on a warship.

Additionally there's a number of flat-chested or just particularly thin characters. I should've said 'Every named woman aboard the Yamato' and it would've been truer.

For any male character in a flight suit (which mirror the women's everyday uniform), it's noticeable too.

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>>15184572

The Gamarillians have something similar too--aside from service tunics and pilot suits (Ditz has both), some wear a formfitting daily uniform of some kind, like the 2-meter-tall slab of blue muscle that is Lt. General Eric Domel. Surprising it's not until the second (non-recap) film where a Gamarillian woman wears one, Colonel Neredia Rikke, who wears the same bodysuit but combine with a cape (a common item with the service/dress tunic). Maybe only senior officers wear them.

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>>15184585

Whoops, meant to post Domel.

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>>15184538
>Ditz