COMPILATION OF DATA ON CREW EMERGENCY ESCAPE SYSTEMS

Abstract

A comprehensive group of appropriate open ejection seats, encapsulated ejection seats, cockpit pod capsules, separable nose capsules, and subsystems are described. The descriptions provide information on items such as initiation, crew positioning and restraint, emergency pressurization and oxygen, seat-man separation, capsule separation, rocket motors, rocket catapults, stabilization, deceleration, recovery parachute, landing impact attenuation, flotation, location aids, and survival equipment or provisions. Information is also provided on escape system performance, tests, accelerations experienced, stability characteristics, trajectories, escape time sequence, envelope dimensions, weights, production or development status, and projected system improvements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0801787

Entities

People

  • Edward L. Serocki
  • Howard L. Mcdowell
  • John O. Bull

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Birds
  • Ejection Seats
  • Explosives
  • Fuselages
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Rocket Engines
  • Seats
  • Supersonic Aircraft
  • Survival Equipment
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Materials Science