Title :
Crew Escape Technologies initial centrifuge tests
Author :
Brien, Lt Patrick M O ; Frazier, John W. ; Popper, Maj Stephen E ; Bolia, MSgt Stephen D ; Goodyear, Charles D. ; Cooper, Lt Karen E H ; Keele, Lt Ray L
Author_Institution :
Harry G. Armstrong Aerosp. Med. Res. Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Abstract :
The Crew Escape Technologies (CREST) program is an effort to expand the envelope of safe escape from aircraft in an open ejection seat system. The program provides for the development of a prototype ejection seat system to be tested on the high-speed sled facility at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, in late 1989. These tests for the CREST program were performed on the dynamic environment simulator, a three-axis man-rated centrifuge. The test objective was to evaluate three CREST candidate harnesses against the standard PCU-15/P harness. Initial test results are presented
Keywords :
aerospace simulation; aerospace test facilities; aircraft; centrifuges; protection; safety systems; CREST program; Crew Escape Technologies; Holloman AFB; New Mexico; PCU-15/P harness; aerospace simulation; aerospace test facilities; aircraft; centrifuge tests; dynamic environment simulator; high-speed sled facility; open ejection seat system; prototype; safe escape; three-axis man-rated centrifuge; Aerodynamics; Aerospace safety; Aerospace testing; Airplanes; Hip; Laboratories; Military aircraft; Performance evaluation; Prototypes; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1989. NAECON 1989., Proceedings of the IEEE 1989 National
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.1989.40304
