Arai Corsair V Features
The Cutting Edge Has A New Razor
The new Corsair V proves again that Arai’s main focus is the experienced rider who knows what a real helmet should do and have. It doesn’t fling fashion at you, it advances the art of building better helmets for riders. Its improvements and innovations reach down to the smallest details. Why? Partly obsession. Partly because Arai believes every part of a helmet is interrelated in both design and function. We don’t believe in change for the sake of change, fad, or marketing “shock” value.
New DF-10 Diffuser
The newest generation diffuser has enhanced air inlets to increase airflow efficiency even better than the original Corsair. Its new middle-intake slot creates an accelerated venturi effect for even faster venting of stale air. New larger upper vent toggles make operation easier, even with thick gloves. And the center Top Vent has been re-sculpted to provide more air intake; it also has a larger toggle.
New Peripheral Belting
Devised by Arai for its newest Formula-I helmets, this belt goes across the shell’s forehead area just above the eye opening, further enhancing the helmet’s structural integrity while still maintaining exceptional flexibility and low weight. The belt is incorporated into Arai’s most-advanced SNC (Structural Net Composite) shell construction to create the new PB-SNC shell.
New Wider Eyeport
A real-world example of Arai’s philosophy of all parts working together: The Peripheral Belt’s forehead-area strengthening let us create a new 10mm-wider eyeport opening (5mm at each side), enhancing the rider’s peripheral vision and feeling of openness inside the helmet. While the wider eyeport will be most beneficial to racers, it aids all riders.
Patented New AirWing®
Arai’s exclusive, adjustable new AirWing® is designed to greatly reduce drag, turbulence and buffeting, providing you with unprecedented aerodynamic performance options via five hand-adjustable “attack angles”:
- At race speeds, or a full-tuck position, run the AirWing® in a lower position
- Riding Sport or Standard-style bikes, run the AirWing® in one of the middle positions
- In the upright riding position, it works best at one of the upper angles
New Removable/Replaceable Vented Neckroll
The Corsair V’s neckroll is now removable and replaceable, and adds an additional exhaust vent through its bottom via shallow channels in the EPS liner – yet another outlet for interior air.
Latest-Generation Dry-Cool® Liner
Distinguished by its silver-grey color, Arai’s Dry-Cool® liner has repositioned the rear mounting-snaps closer to the liner bottom for a more secure fit, making it exclusive to the Corsair V.
New Emergency Cheekpad Release System
This groundbreaking Arai safety innovation, originally introduced on our VX-Pro3 dirt helmet, was specifically developed to allow easier access to an injured rider (giving you a real idea of where Arai’s priorities lie). The cheekpads are designed to slide out easily with the use of integrated pull-tabs making helmet removal much easier for trained medical technicians.
New Design: Outward-Flaring Hyper-Ridge
The previous Hyper-Ridge curved in; this one flares out. The result is a larger opening at the helmet’s bottom, making the helmet easier to get on and off. (Arai hopes this new outward flare will aid more riders in “choosing the right-size helmet because it’s easier to get on.” The Hyper-Ridge reinforcement band circles the bottom of the shell, adding shell strength there; it’s also said to help in “significantly lowering the helmet’s center of gravity,” contributing to a better overall balance and making the helmet rest easier on your head.
New Brow-Vent Channeling
Arai’s distinctive faceshield Brow Vents now send incoming air to the temple instead of the face, directing air to the ear area missed by many helmet ventilation systems. The airflow over the temple artery reportedly also helps cool the blood flow to the brain area.
Arai’s Compact Organic Shell Shape
The new Corsair V’s shell shape is even more compact and aerodynamic than the original Corsair’s. It not only looks smaller, sleeker and more natural (instead of big and round), it helps the shell fit the human head shape more closely, making it look better and “flow” better in the wind.
New Series “I” Faceshield
The 10mm-wider Series “I” faceshield is exclusive to the Corsair V. It fits so flush that it looks almost like a continuation of the shell, and requires two small raised sliders in front of the side-pops to keep the shield from contacting the helmet’s upper shell when raised.
Side-Vent Exhaust Ports (New Design)
The new design exhausts heat more efficiently. Now “sculpted” into the new rear-shell shape, they’ve been shown to work in concert with the AirWing® to greatly add lateral helmet stability at speed. (Arai test riders have reported this benefit is most noticeable on the track when popping up into the airflow under braking.)
New Noise-Absorbing Ear-Pad Foam
Addressing the issue of the noise in every helmet, Arai has introduced this new foam to help block assorted noises from reaching your ears. Again, it’s not a “Wow!” advancement, it’s a small one devoted to making you more comfortable in an Arai, not to making headlines.
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