Elmo is a lightweight helmet with intriguing looks reminiscent of Ancient Roman helmets, as suggested by its name.
A new Icaro product
EN 966-certified
Elmo is an innovative new helmet by Icaro, with an open-face format ideal for paramotor and microlight pilots, and practitioners of other comparable sports, in which a full-face helmet is not mandatory.
For the certification requirements it must be fitted with headsets for noise reduction or efficient in-flight communications. A long or short visor is available as an optional, along with the possibility of fitting a rollbar for even greater protection.
Elmo is a lightweight helmet with intriguing looks reminiscent of Ancient Roman helmets, as suggested by its name.
Its distinctive crest - a feature created by Icaro's designer Ignazio Bernardi, in cooperation with Felice Manzoni at Italy’s leading helmet concept studio - gives Elmo a striking appearance, matching the helmet's exceptional performance.
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Like all Icaro's helmets, Elmo is based on advanced engineering and technology, but it also incorporates traditional Italian craftsmanship. In fact, the helmet's shape was initially developed sculpturally in skillfully-carved wood and plaster, and it was successively transformed into digital format, ready for simulating color finish and its integration with a range of accessories. This complex process generated the numerical data necessary for operating the machines used to create the helmet's outer shell and all its other components. Elmo is an intriguing blend of art and technology, bringing together the very latest industrial processes and combining them with millennial artisanal skill. The result is another Italian modern masterpiece.
Elmo is currently made in two colours.
Carbon Optic is a spectacular grey finish inspired by the appearance of carbon fiber.
Bianco Perla recalls the opalescent effect of natural pearls, warmer and more visually interesting than plain white.
A helmet's size, expressed as a number, is the comfort lining's internal circumference in centimeters. So your ideal helmet size can be determined by measuring your head's circumference at its widest point- generally just above the ears and eyebrows - using a soft tape.
Elmo is available in the following sizes:
The comfort lining is the part of the helmet's interior that is in direct contact with the scalp.
Elmo's comfort lining is made using the high-tech, silky-soft fabric Shalimar, which wicks perspiration away from the skin, allowing it to evaporate so that the wearer feels cool and dry at all times.
The comfort lining is held in place by Velcro, and it can easily be removed for washing or replacement as required.
A separate pad is provided for the nape, which increases the helmet's stability on the head.
If the helmet is not a perfect fit, we can send you new padding free of charge, independently from where you bought the product.
5 interior lining caps are available:
For the Elmo helmet, the visor is an optional accessory, available in two versions, long or short.
In both versions, it shields against the airflow, reducing wind buffeting on the headset microphone (if present), and protecting the eyes. When compared to sunglasses, both visor designs offer a better level of protection and a greater field of vision.
Elmo's visors are made in optical-class injection-molded polycarbonate, with high impact resistance. They are anti-scratch and anti-fog, for optimum optical clarity. They can be cleaned using a mild soap solution.
Material: 1,200 kg/m3 polycarbonate with anti-scratch treatment.
Thickness: 2 mm
Total light transmittance:
88% transparent visor
37% tinted visor
Elmo's visor is attached to the helmet by means of an exclusive Icaro fixing system, sleek and streamlined.
It was designed specifically to ensure that there is no risk of snagging on external elements such as paraglider lines.
In fact, at the pivot point, the aluminum disc projects from the outer shell by less than 5 mm, a requirement mandatory for EN 966 certification.
The visor can be lifted up or down to any position, by means of a friction system within the pivot.
The owner can adjust visor friction, using the hex key supplied with the helmet.
When the visor is lifted to its fully open position, it is completely outside the user's field of vision.
For the Elmo helmet, the Rollbar and the turbo skip is an optional
The Rollbar, a titanium-anodized aluminum tube, provides chin protection.
Icaro 2000 is a company committed to ongoing product research and development. For this reason, in response to requests – received from many pilots and dealers – for a full-face Microlight helmet with built-in headsets, we opted for a different solution: the first helmet with a rollbar, offering excellent visibility and a high level of safety.
This helmet, with its exciting, high-tech design, is hallmarked by its most distinctive feature, the rollbar, which provides protection for the lower part of the face without reducing field of vision.
The helmet is built using highly reliable materials and modern components. In particular, the rollbar, in high-performance aluminum, is highlighted by its titanium-color anodized finish, which enhances the unit’s visual appearance.
In flight, the sensation provided by Elmo is that of a full-face helmet, but with improved vision and excellent protection against the cold.
Another innovative feature is the turbo skip, which prevents the entrance of an excessive flow of air from underneath, which would create unwanted turbulence between eyes and visor.
The turbo skip is fixed to the rollbar. It is easy to remove and replace.
Elmo's open-face design ensures good ventilation.
Internal air flow is optimized by channels between the outer shell and the polystyrene inner shell, with vents on the rear part of the outer shell.
Elmo’s outer shell comprises a carefully-engineered series of fiberglass layers, accurately cut and inserted into the mould. Each layer is treated with special composite resins and left to dry before working on the next layer. The resulting laminated structure is light and exceptionally resilient, capable of dispersing energy and optimizing impact protection
Elmo's inner shell is in expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam, with a density of 50 kg/m3 (50 g/l). This optimizes lightness and user comfort. The inner shell plays an important role in protection, attenuating impacts and preventing injury in the incidents that can occur in sports such as paramotor and microlight flying.
The chin strap is attached to the two sidepieces in plastic-coated multi-strand stainless steel wire, an exclusive Icaro feature.
Its length can be adjusted with millimetric precision, and the buckle itself offers the possibility of quick, easy regulation.
The buckle is released by pulling the red tab.
Chin strap comfort is ensured by a soft polyester strip with internal lining material.
We use only the finest Peltor-brand headsets, and we mount them
perfectly onto the helmet.
We can apply the electronic apparatus for any type of radio
equipment, including the professional headsets used by the
Solar Impulse 2 and the
Swiss aerial rescue service
with our Rega helmet.
For further information, go to our
electronic headsets page.
If customers or dealers already have their own headsets and wish to fit them to a new helmet, we recommend sending the respective headset to us, so that we can fit it expertly to the new helmet.
If you are not sure whether your headset can be fitted to a new helmet, please contact us by e-mail at
[email protected]
For safety reasons, we do not sell our helmets to pilots who wish to use a conventional arched-band headset worn under the helmet.
Your head would no longer be well protected! See our page about headsets..
Cuando se prueba un casco cuya calota tiene una abertura en correspondencia con las orejas, dado que están diseñados para ser utilizados con auriculares (ya sea para la reducción del ruido o para las comunicaciones por radio), es esencial abrocharse correctamente la correa de la barbilla y colocar las copas de los auriculares (girarlas hacia abajo hasta la posición cerrada) sobre las orejas.
De hecho, si estos cascos se llevan sin auriculares, falta una gran parte de la superficie de contacto, que contribuye considerablemente a la estabilidad del casco sobre la cabeza.
Por tanto, si se prueba el casco con las copas de los auriculares en posición abierta, el casco le parecerá inestable.
Además, los auriculares forman parte de la certificación, por lo que un casco de este tipo usado sin auriculares puede considerarse no certificado.
Ear defenders, or alternatively electronic headsets fixed to the helmet, are mandatory for EN 966 certification.
The Elmo is certified only with attached ear defenders or electronic headsets.
All Icaro's helmets are rigorously tested by a laboratory authorized by the Italian Ministry of Transport, a mandatory procedure required for EN 966 certification.
Elmo is a helmet designed in consideration of the specific needs of microlight and paramotor pilots, for which lightness, comfort and safety are aspects of fundamental importance.
View the certificate issued by CSI
For further information on EN 966 testing, please see our page
About safety
Look also at our
very interesting video we made during the EN 966 test of the helmet Rega.
The official document compiled by the test laboratory as part of EN 966 certification includes extensive information on the helmet and the level of protection that it provides.
You can view it at this link (14 pages)
The test results show that the helmet wholly complies with the performance specified by EN 966, performing even better than the minimum requirements specified by the Standard.
Elmo's outer shell has a length of 358 mm, a width of 245 mm and a height of 250 mm.
The certification tests ascertained that the helmet ensures satisfactory peripheral vision and vertical field.
The total weight of the helmet is 1,000 grams.
The long visor weighs xxx grams.
The short visor weighs xxx grams.
The visor fixing system weighs xx grams.
The 3M Peltor X5P3 earmuffs weigh 353 grams.
The weight of a fiber glass helmet has a tolerance of +/- 50 grams due to the glue applied and to the thickness of the fiber glass layers.
The Manual can be consulted and downloaded on the icaro-helmets.com website
All our helmets are created by Italian designers, made in Italy using Italian materials and technology, assembled at our workshop in Laveno by trained Italian personnel, and certified by an Italian company.
It would be cheaper to outsource production overseas.
We prefer to do everything ourselves, here in Italy, for a reason: quality, which means safety and user satisfaction.
Our quality is not just a slogan: it is demonstrated by tangible results.
Our helmets are used by leading international pilots who have conquered an impressive list of world championship victories.
And you can see quality in action. You are welcome to visit our workshop and watch our team working on the helmets.
Elmo is a new product and so as yet we have no customer comments.
We ascribe great value to the opinions of customers who use our products.
This feedback helps to ensure that Icaro’s helmets perform their essential role, and it enables us to cater for the constantly changing demands emerging from developments in sport and technology.
You are welcome to write to
[email protected], and you can rest assured that your privacy will be guaranteed.
Textos de Henry Neuteboom
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