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Patriot wrote:
Three questions:
1. How does it works from givin an input from a pilot to starting deploing the chute?
2. Does the executive release mechanism is electrical, mechanical or sort of mini explosives?
3. Where in the cockpit I'll find the switch for..?
Thanks
3: The switch is under a red guard just above the MasterArm and IFF switch under the left glareshield.
1/2: the release is mecanical. When the shute is installed a wire with a detent is inserted into the shutepack. The shute is springloaded so when the pilot activates the switch the detent is released and the spring "shoots" the pilotshute that pulls out the main dragshute. The same switch acts as a cutoff that when the switch is reset the clamps inside the housing opens and release the shute,which is then picked up and sent for an inspection and repack.
installing a dragshute that is neatly packed takes less than a minute. god knows how many I've installed on RNoAF vipers. However if the shutetechs had a "bad day" and packed the shute so it looks like a football, getting it into position inside the housing can be areal bit*h..
To install a dragshute first inspect the housing for cracks or damage, then open a clickpanel on each side of the housing, inside here is a mounting bracket. On the shute itself is a cupple of nuts and a heavy duty bolt. Pull out the bolt and put it in your pocket. then insert the shutepack into the housing and make shure the "keyholes" are aligned with the bracket inside.
Now this can look really funny as if the shute is packed like a football it will look like a tech is humping the dragshutehousing as he's trying to manipulate the shutepack into position to get the bolt installed (it runs through the bracket and keyholes then locks in place). Then whith the shute locked in place comes the fun part. take the releasewire and insert the top of the wire (a metal "detent") into the keyhole on the shute, this is secured with a RBF flagged pin. Just remember to make sure the detent is ALL THE WAY inside its hole BEFORE pulling the pin.. You'l know if you did it right, if you didt the shute is springloaded and the pilotshute weighs 10-15lbs and is shot out with brute force. This will give you a punch in your guts and send you down the 8ft ladder your standing on.. landing on your @ss or back banging your head into the concretefloor of a shelter. Of you did it right close the sidepanels and good to go.. |
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