A Crashworthy Armored Pilot Seat for Helicopters

Abstract

The accelerations which can occur during crashes of rotary- and light fixed-wing aircraft have been shown to be injurious or fatal to human occupants. Under a joint Army and Navy program, ARA, Inc. developed a crash survivable seat using Government Furnished Equipment in the form of an armored bucket, restraint system, and cushions. The seat system was designed to meet as many of the requirements of MIL-S-58095 (AV) within the physical limitations of existing space requirements in present helicopters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 18, 1974
Accession Number
ADA007551

Entities

People

  • Bernard Mazelsky

Organizations

  • United States Army Aviation and Missile Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Aircrafts
  • Army Aviation
  • Contracts
  • Dynamic Tests
  • Environmental Tests
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Helicopters
  • High Temperature
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Mathematical Models
  • Pilot Seats
  • Salt Spray Tests
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Space