Accession Number:

ADA172987

Title:

In-Flight Ejection Seat Test Using the Aircrew Gliding Escape System (AGES) Parachute

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Oct 1984-Aug 1986

Corporate Author:

NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER CHINA LAKE CA

Personal Author(s):

• Butler, Jr, Manley C.

Report Date:

1986-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

81.0

Abstract:

The objective of the Aircrew Gliding Escape System AGES Program is to develop a ram-air-inflated, gliding parachute wing for use in Navy aircrew escape systems. This report describes an in-flight ejection test conducted at the Naval Weapons Center on 23 October 1984 using the AGES parachute canopy in a Stencel SIIIS-3-ER ejection seat. The test was initiated at 500 knots equivalent airspeed KEAS at 5000 feet AGL 7500 feet MSL from the rear seat of the Centers YF-4 aircraft. The riser loads on the dummy were well within acceptable limits, and no damage occurred to the parachute or the seat system which was recovered by a separate parachute. U This report contains complete documentation of the test setup for the seat and parachute. In addition, copies of the test plan, abort criteria, and checklists are included. Keywords Ram-Air Parachute, Ejection Seat, Escape Systems.

Descriptors:

• *EJECTION SEATS
• *ESCAPE SYSTEMS
• *PARACHUTES
• ABORT
• AIRSPEED
• CHECKOUT PROCEDURES
• DOCUMENTS
• EJECTION
• FLIGHT CREWS
• FLIGHT TESTING
• GLIDING
• INFLIGHT
• NAVAL PERSONNEL
• NAVY
• PARACHUTE CANOPIES
• PLANNING
• SEATS
• TEST AND EVALUATION
• WINGS

Subject Categories:

• Gliders and Parachutes

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE