Assentos ejetáveis russos
Enviado: Ter Abr 10, 2007 8:08 pm
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O acidente fatal com um AT-29B onde, apesar de ejetado, o piloto não teve sucesso na operação, vindo a falecer, trouxe-me a lembrança do Sukhoi no Paris Air Show e a dramática ejeção de seus dois tripulantes.
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Russian pilots have successfully bailed out of crippled jets at supersonic speeds or extremely close to the ground.
"The Russian K36 seat can be used at speeds up to 700 knots (835 miles an hour)" said Jeff Yaker, vice president for AMI Aircraft Seating Systems, a BFGood-rich subsidiary in Colorado Springs that recently bought production rights from Russia. "Their pilots can eject from an inverted airplane at 100 feet and live to tell about it."
Rocket-powered ejection seats fire when pilots pull handles between their thighs or above their heads. The seats contain internal gyroscopes designed to direct occupants away from the ground regardless of whether the plane is upside down or right side up. Modern seats are valued at about $130,000 each and AMI officials estimate the world market at about $1 billion.
AMI officials say the Russian seats are rugged, reliable and innovative. Each includes a sophisticated wind blast deflector - a pair of telescoping rods that push a screen out in front of the pilot - as well as stabilizers that prevent the seat and occupant from tumbling in the air. Each Russian seat also has arm and leg restraints to keep pilots' arms and legs from flailing.
The Russian ejection seats gained worldwide attention twice in recent years when front-line Russian fighter planes crashed while performing aerobatics in front of thousands at the Paris Air Show. The dramatic flights were meant to show off the capabilities of the airplanes - not their safety systems.
"The Russians had a couple of accidental demonstrations of their ejection seats," Yaker said of his company's current partners. "They were unintentional - but you've got to admit, they were quite impressive."
Em um outro post um colega declarou ser o Super Tucano "show de bola". Seria, ainda mais, se estivesse equipado com assento ejetável russo.
Íntegra do artigo em http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ ... i_n9970583
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O acidente fatal com um AT-29B onde, apesar de ejetado, o piloto não teve sucesso na operação, vindo a falecer, trouxe-me a lembrança do Sukhoi no Paris Air Show e a dramática ejeção de seus dois tripulantes.
Eis o resumo de um artigo que aborda o tema em questão:
Russian pilots have successfully bailed out of crippled jets at supersonic speeds or extremely close to the ground.
"The Russian K36 seat can be used at speeds up to 700 knots (835 miles an hour)" said Jeff Yaker, vice president for AMI Aircraft Seating Systems, a BFGood-rich subsidiary in Colorado Springs that recently bought production rights from Russia. "Their pilots can eject from an inverted airplane at 100 feet and live to tell about it."
Rocket-powered ejection seats fire when pilots pull handles between their thighs or above their heads. The seats contain internal gyroscopes designed to direct occupants away from the ground regardless of whether the plane is upside down or right side up. Modern seats are valued at about $130,000 each and AMI officials estimate the world market at about $1 billion.
AMI officials say the Russian seats are rugged, reliable and innovative. Each includes a sophisticated wind blast deflector - a pair of telescoping rods that push a screen out in front of the pilot - as well as stabilizers that prevent the seat and occupant from tumbling in the air. Each Russian seat also has arm and leg restraints to keep pilots' arms and legs from flailing.
The Russian ejection seats gained worldwide attention twice in recent years when front-line Russian fighter planes crashed while performing aerobatics in front of thousands at the Paris Air Show. The dramatic flights were meant to show off the capabilities of the airplanes - not their safety systems.
"The Russians had a couple of accidental demonstrations of their ejection seats," Yaker said of his company's current partners. "They were unintentional - but you've got to admit, they were quite impressive."
Em um outro post um colega declarou ser o Super Tucano "show de bola". Seria, ainda mais, se estivesse equipado com assento ejetável russo.
Íntegra do artigo em http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ ... i_n9970583
Um abraço e até mais...