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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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