Air Cushion Crash Rescue Vehicle (ACCRV)

Abstract

Current USAF crash rescue vehicles have been designed to operate on the roads, ramps, taxiways, and runways which make up a typical airbase. These vehicles perform quite well on these surfaces, however, due to their use of tires, with inflation pressures of 60-70 psi, these vehicles have only limited capability to operate over rough terrain and soft surfaces. Unfortunately, many aircraft accidents occur off of hard surfaces, in areas inaccessible to current crash rescue vehicles. To increase the mobility over these surfaces, an Air Cushion Crash Rescue Vehicle (ACCRV) has been designed by integrating a retractable air cushion system with a crash rescue vehicle. This report summarizes the preliminary design and trade-offs associated with the ACCRV programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA202956

Entities

Organizations

  • Bell Aircraft Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Aircrafts
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Control Panels
  • Control Systems
  • Downed Aircraft
  • Electric Motors
  • Fabrication
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Rescue Vehicles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transducers

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