Accession Number:
AD0748883
Title:
Apparatus for Checking Automatic Parachute Units,
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO
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Report Date:
1972-07-05
Pagination or Media Count:
11.0
Abstract:
The invention pertains to an apparatus for checking automatic parachute units. The apparatus contains a pressure chamber connected via valves to a vacuum pump or to the atmosphere, a control console with controls and monitoring instruments, an optical system to permit the observation of the scale of the actuating-altitude resetting mechanism of the parachute unit being tested. This parachute unit is placed in the pressure chamber. The distinguishing feature of this apparatus is it is equipped with a parachute-priming actuating cylinder plus a remote-control unit operating the reset mechanism for the test altitude of the parachute unit. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Gliders and Parachutes
- Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods