Maintenance Posture for Quick Start.

Abstract

Quick Start is an aircraft modification which installed cartridge starters on all engines of the B-52G/H and non-fan KC-135 aircraft. Routine peacetime use of the modification was suspended due to an excessive amount of smoke and toxic gases created by the cartridge exhaust. The SAC Aircraft Engineering Division then investigated respiratory and eye protection for ground crew personnel. As an interim solution, they found that an aircraft firefighter's smoke mask connected to a Mine Safety Appliance Corp Type N model SW gas filter canister adequately protects the user. To minimize the crew chief's exposure to the smoke cloud, the Division designed and tested a roll-over chock, evaluated a wireless interphone communication system, and implemented alert B-52 battery engine starts. With these new concepts, response timing is only limited to aircrew checklist items and engine start time. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 12, 1981
Accession Number
ADA107553

Entities

People

  • John M. Connolly

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Aircrafts
  • Communication Systems
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Exhaust Gases
  • Flight Crews
  • Gas Filters
  • Interphones
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Materials Science
  • Radio communications and signal processing.