SAWE Report - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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Ejection seat trade<br />
studies will need to be<br />
performed for the<br />
final configuration.<br />
The ACES II ejection<br />
seat shown in Figure<br />
13.7 was initially<br />
chosen as the premier<br />
American seat<br />
available. However<br />
due to global politics<br />
the availability of<br />
many superior<br />
Russian seats would<br />
produce a necessary<br />
Figure 13.7 - ACES II<br />
Ejection Seat<br />
trade between increased cost of bi-lingual<br />
design teams, language retrofit on new<br />
equipment, product per system cost and the<br />
unknown safety superiority of the Russian<br />
seat(s).<br />
Figure 13.8 - AFCPS<br />
Further pilot safety issues were found in the<br />
canopy design. The use of an ejectable canopy<br />
was thrown out over the choice of a shape<br />
charge cutting system due to the possibility of<br />
aircrew and canopy striking each other after<br />
ejection.<br />
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